# Incident 19881026062629I: Boeing 727222, Los Angeles, CA, October 26, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1988, 21:10 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7452U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7452U-2006-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 128
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881026062629I

## Narrative

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

STARTED APU WHILE TAXIING. FLAME FROM EXHAUST. PASSENGERS PANICKED AND STARTED TO EGRESS. STOPPED. DEPLOYED SLIDES.

## Other reports on N7452U (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000213043989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000213043989I), Feb 13, 2000: Boeing 727222 (N7452U), Des Moines, IA. (-23) United flight 1190 was enroute to Des Moines, IA from denver, CO. The flight crew declared an emergency due to a problem with the ailerons being…
- [Incident 19901209062099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901209062099I), Dec 9, 1990: Boeing 727200 (N7452U), Wichita, KS. Made a precautionary landing at Wichita due to a passenger needing medical assistance.
- [Incident 19800325040139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800325040139I), Mar 25, 1980: Boeing 727222 (N7452U), Chicago, IL. Gradual loss of hydraulic fluid during descent. Made normal landing. Leading edge flap actuator was leaking.

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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