# Incident 19890618050939I: Boeing 7372Q9, Ft Lauderdale, FL, June 18, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1989, 12:46 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231US-2002-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2Q9 (registry code 138448M, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2q9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372Q9
- People aboard: 96
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890618050939I

## Narrative

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

FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER PUSH BACK. AIRPLANE EVACUATED. FOUND A SHORT IN APU FIRE WARNING SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N231US (1)

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

- [Incident 19920222006029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920222006029I), Feb 22, 1992: Boeing 7372Q9 (N231US), Baltimore, MD. Pilot reported loss of gyro information on climb. Returned. Found a partially stuck HSI knob. Unit replaced.

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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