# Incident 19840806041909I: Boeing 727231, St Louis, MO, August 6, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1984, 22:18 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54337, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54337-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727231
- 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/19840806041909I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. CREW WENT ON OXYGEN. FOUND THE WEATHER RADAR UNIT HAD FAILED WHEN ITS TRANSFORMER HAD OVERHEATED.

## Other reports on N54337 (2)

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

- [Incident 19810502028049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810502028049I), May 2, 1981: Boeing 727231 (N54337), Chicago, IL. Aircraft would not pressurize on ground. Lower 41 door was cocked but no warning light. Reclosed door ok.
- [Incident 19780124004779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780124004779I), Jan 24, 1978: Boeing 727 (N54337), Oklahoma City, OK. Aircraft taxiing for departure slid off taxiway.

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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