# Incident 19831214069669I: Boeing 72723, Tulsa, OK, December 14, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1983, 11:55 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1994, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1994-1994-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-23 (registry code 1384004, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72723
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831214069669I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SMOKE AND FIRE IN A SEAT. FIRE EXTINGUISHED. FOUND EMPTY CIGARETTE PACKAGE AND NAPKIN STUFFED BETWEEN SEAT CUSHION.

## Other reports on N1994 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19931015045279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931015045279I), Oct 15, 1993: Boeing 72723 (N1994), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. No EGT rise on NR1 engine start. Start aborted. Fuel coming from NR1 on restart. Fuel ignited. Fire extinguished.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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