19881024057529I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727251 · Detroit, MI · October 24, 1988

Date
October 24, 1988 · 18:54 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Detroit Metro Wayne County
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N277US
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI89IA018
Reported as
Boeing 727251
People aboard
81
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,234 total6,774 in this make and model160 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.

Wheel departed on takeoff. Diverted. Upon ingition, APU exhaust fire. Passenger initiated evacuation.

As the FAA filed it

WHEEL DEPARTED ON TAKEOFF. DIVERTED. UPON INGITION, APU EXHAUST FIRE. PASSENGER INITIATED EVACUATION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.