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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747123 · Detroit, MI · April 25, 1985

Date
April 25, 1985 · 10:45 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Wayne Co
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UACA
Aircraft
N9663
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA85IA019
Reported as
Boeing 747123
People aboard
394
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total600 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.

Smoke from a light fixture was observed before pushback. Three escape slides were improperly installed.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE FROM A LIGHT FIXTURE WAS OBSERVED BEFORE PUSHBACK. THREE ESCAPE SLIDES WERE IMPROPERLY INSTALLED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.