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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727222 · Des Moines, IA · March 18, 1984

Date
March 18, 1984 · 20:45 local
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N7298U
Reported as
Boeing 727222
People aboard
106
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,000 total4,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Passenger cried fire during deplaning. Emergency evacuation. APU torched on start up. Complaint on crew actions.

As the FAA filed it

PASSENGER CRIED FIRE DURING DEPLANING. EMERGENCY EVACUATION. APU TORCHED ON START UP. COMPLAINT ON CREW ACTIONS.