19861013063309I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727223 · Memphis, TN · October 13, 1986

Date
October 13, 1986 · 14:44 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
Memphis International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N892AA
Reported as
Boeing 727223
People aboard
154
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 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.

Engine fire warning came on en route. Fire bottles fired. Diverted safely. Fire loop chaffed through.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FIRE WARNING CAME ON EN ROUTE. FIRE BOTTLES FIRED. DIVERTED SAFELY. FIRE LOOP CHAFFED THROUGH.