# Incident 19860127044059I: Boeing 727123, Miami, FL, January 27, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1986, 14:50 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAAA
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9674 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727123
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D7A
- People aboard: 229
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,700 total, 3,471 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA86IA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86IA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860127044059I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED AFTER SMOKE NOTICED. ESCAPE SLIDES FAILED TO DEPLOY. FOUND FAULTY ENGINE VANE CONTROL UNIT.

## 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 MIA86IA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86IA066), Jan 27, 1986: Boeing 747-123 (N9674), Miami, FL, 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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