19891031060599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-51 · Seattle, WA · October 31, 1989

Date
October 31, 1989 · 22:15 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Seattle-Tacoma International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N461US
Reported as
Boeing 72751
People aboard
74
Fatal injuries
0

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.

APU stack fire while taxiing to gate. Stopped and put fire out. Passenger initiated evacuation. Slide malfunctioned

As the FAA filed it

APU STACK FIRE WHILE TAXIING TO GATE. STOPPED AND PUT FIRE OUT. PASSENGER INITIATED EVACUATION. SLIDE MALFUNCTIONED

Other reports on N461US · 1

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