# Incident 19850412019269I: Boeing 737*, Washington, DC, April 12, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1985, 22:20 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Dulles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PEXA
- Location: 38.9445° N, 77.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9445&lon=-77.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434PE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737*
- People aboard: 105
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO85IA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85IA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850412019269I

## Narrative

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

TAKEOFFS ABORTED DUE TO EPR READING. BRAKE OVERHEATED, TIRE DEFLATED AND CAUGHT FIRE. REPLACED EPR GAUGE.

## 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 BFO85IA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85IA035), Apr 13, 1985: Boeing 737-217 (N434PE), Chantilly, VA, incident, minor 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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