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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 72731 · Atlantic City, NJ · July 14, 1988

Date
July 14, 1988 · 23:00 local
Place
Atlantic City, NJ
Airport
Atlantic City International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
GATA
Aircraft
N7890
Reported as
Boeing 72731
People aboard
131
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
134 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.

Fuel truck exhaust fire while refueling aircraft. Evacuated aircraft via stairs. Faulty truck exhaust. Not reported

As the FAA filed it

FUEL TRUCK EXHAUST FIRE WHILE REFUELING AIRCRAFT. EVACUATED AIRCRAFT VIA STAIRS. FAULTY TRUCK EXHAUST. NOT REPORTED