19891014066559A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Boeing 727-232 · Salt Lake City, UT · October 14, 1989

Date
October 14, 1989 · 14:19 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N530DA
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA90MA002
Reported as
Boeing 727232
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D15A
People aboard
17
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total5,000 in this make and model200 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.

Leaky cabin oxygen system written up several times but ignored, finally exploded and burned during loading at gate.

As the FAA filed it

LEAKY CABIN OXYGEN SYSTEM WRITTEN UP SEVERAL TIMES BUT IGNORED, FINALLY EXPLODED AND BURNED DURING LOADING AT GATE.

NTSB investigation

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