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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727200 · Detroit, MI · October 28, 1987

Date: October 28, 1987 · 07:15 local
Place: Detroit, MI
Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: NWAA
Aircraft: N722RW
Reported as: Boeing 727200
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard: 48
Fatal injuries: 0

N722RWRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Boeing 727-2M7S/N 21201 · Built 1976 Airframe modelBoeing 727-2M7 Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 seriesTurbo-jet

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.

The number 3 engine fire warning activated prior to takeoff. Airliner safely evacuated. No fire.

As the FAA filed it

THE NUMBER 3 ENGINE FIRE WARNING ACTIVATED PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. AIRLINER SAFELY EVACUATED. NO FIRE.

Other reports on N722RW · 3

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

Incident 19860924052029IClimb · Memphis, TNAircraft returned after false fire warning. Replaced detection loop.Sep 24, 1986 · Reported as Boeing 727295 Incident 19840819055169IIdling Engines · Los Angeles, CALeft wing tip was struck by commissary truck backing out of gate 53A.Aug 19, 1984 · Minor damage Incident 19830622033299IClimb · Memphis, TNReturned due to a hydraulic problem. Found left gear lock sequence valve had broken open. Lost all hydraulic fluid.Jun 22, 1983 · Substantial damage