# Incident 19880714054459I: Boeing 72731, Atlantic City, NJ, July 14, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1988, 23:00 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GATA
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7890 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72731
- People aboard: 131
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880714054459I

## Narrative

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

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

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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