# Incident 19850425077599I: Boeing 747123, Detroit, MI, April 25, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1985, 10:45 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Wayne Co
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UACA
- Location: 42.2007° N, 83.4795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2007&lon=-83.4795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9663 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747123
- People aboard: 394
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA85IA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA85IA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850425077599I

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 DCA85IA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA85IA019), Apr 25, 1985: Boeing 747-123 (N9663), Detroit, MI, 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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