# Incident 19870930066169I: Boeing 737291, Ontario, CA, September 30, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1987, 11:12 local time
- Place: Ontario, CA
- Airport: Ontario International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 34.0560° N, 117.6012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ONTARIO INTL (ONT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0560&lon=-117.6012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983UA-2013-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-291 (registry code 138448W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737291
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 86
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,555 total, 6,615 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870930066169I

## Narrative

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

A MALFUNCTIONING APU FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM CAUSED EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT. MINOR INJURIES.

## Other reports on N983UA (1)

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

- [Incident 19860513025119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860513025119I), May 13, 1986: Boeing 737200 (N983UA), Memphis, TN. Unsafe gear indication before go around. Recycled gear, safe indication and landing.

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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