35.1495° N, 90.0490° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 7, 1987 · 09:21 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
Memphis International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N723RW
Reported as
Boeing 7272M7
People aboard
61
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Fire in galley oven detected while taxiing for takeoff. Found meal order receipt in oven.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE IN GALLEY OVEN DETECTED WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. FOUND MEAL ORDER RECEIPT IN OVEN.