# Incident 19881024057529I: Boeing 727251, Detroit, MI, October 24, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1988, 18:54 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.2124° N, 83.3534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DETROIT METRO WAYNE COUNTY (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2124&lon=-83.3534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277US (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- People aboard: 81
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,234 total, 6,774 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89IA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881024057529I

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89IA018), Oct 24, 1988: Boeing B-727-200A (N277US), Chicago, IL, incident, minor damage

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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