# Incident 19860417025169I: Boeing 727231, Detroit, MI, April 17, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1986, 17:07 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Co
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 42.2204° N, 83.3507° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2204&lon=-83.3507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64324, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64324-2013-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727231
- People aboard: 99
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,073 total, 1,502 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI86IA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86IA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860417025169I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE ENTERED CABIN DUE TO CLOGGED AIR PACK FILTER. PASSENGERS PANICKED AND STARTED EVACUATION.

## 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 CHI86IA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86IA121), Apr 17, 1986: Boeing 727-231 (N64324), Detroit, MI, incident, no damage

## Other reports on N64324 (6)

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

- [Incident 19881005052889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881005052889I), Oct 5, 1988: Boeing 727231 (N64324), St Louis, MO. NR3 engine shut down due to high oil temperature. Returned. Had a defective fuel heater valve.
- [Incident 19880928052949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880928052949I), Sep 28, 1988: Boeing 727231 (N64324), St Louis, MO. No gear safe light. Visually checked ok. Landed without incident. Replaced position light base and cap assembly.
- [Incident 19860730050349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860730050349I), Jul 30, 1986: Boeing 727231 (N64324), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. Bag cart struck aircraft after pushback from the gate. Aux pitot tube and mounting structure and skin damaged.
- [Incident 19800123016679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800123016679I), Jan 23, 1980: Boeing 727231 (N64324), East Boston, MA. Twenty minutes after takeoff, reservations agent received bomb threat. Aircraft returned for search. None found.
- [Incident 19790427200629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790427200629I), Apr 27, 1979: Boeing 727 (N64324), Rosewood, OH. Flight diverted due to oxygen leak in the cockpit.
- [Incident 19790326011609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790326011609I), Mar 26, 1979: Boeing 727231 (N64324), Tulsa, OK. Nose gear light on after retraction, maintenance found torque links disconnected. PN65-34878-4.

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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