# Incident 19850503022549I: Boeing 72722, Philadelphia, PA, May 3, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1985, 12:00 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40489, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40489-1996-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22 (registry code 1384002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722
- People aboard: 103
- 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/19850503022549I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE COMING FROM REAR TOILET. EXTINGUISHER USED AND SMOKE DISSIPATED. FOUND BURNED FLUSH MOTOR.

## Other reports on N40489 (1)

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

- [Incident 19800823066259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800823066259I), Aug 23, 1980: Boeing 727 (N40489), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Air conditioner pack malfunctioned during climb. Flight returned.

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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