# Incident 19840524028979I: Boeing 727100, Nassau, Bahamas, May 24, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1984, 14:50 local time
- Place: Nassau, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GATA
- Aircraft: N4620 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727100
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84IA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840524028979I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FIRE ON CLIMB TO CRUISE. FOUND A STUCK OPEN STARTER VALVE. ALLOWED HOT BLEED AIR INTO THE STARTER SYSTEM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA84IA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA172), May 24, 1984: Boeing 727-35 (N4620), Bahamas, Bahamas, incident, no damage

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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