# Incident 19840725041809I: Boeing 727100, Phoenix, AZ, July 25, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1984, 07:05 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WAAA
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40481, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40481-1996-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22 (registry code 1384002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727100
- People aboard: 82
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 75 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840725041809I

## Narrative

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

APU HAD AN AUTO SHUTDOWN. SMOKE COMING FROM APU EXHAUST AREA. APU HAD AN INTERNAL FAILURE. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N40481 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790321009879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790321009879I), Mar 21, 1979: Boeing 727 (N40481), Houston, TX. Leading edge slat would not retract in climb. Found bad actuator

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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