# Accident 19900928065649A: Boeing 727200, Detroit, MI, September 28, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1990, 18:00 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N278US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N278US-2011-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15A
- People aboard: 128
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 9,650 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90FA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900928065649A

## Narrative

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

FIRE IN APU TAXIING TO GATE. HAD PRIOR START PROBLEM AND PLACARDED. MECHANIC FAILED TO DISABLE UNIT.

## 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 CHI90FA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA278), Sep 29, 1990: Boeing 727-251 (N278US), Detroit, MI, minor damage. Probable cause: THE INTENTIONAL ACTIVATION OF THE AUXILLARY POWER UNIT BY THE FLIGHT ENGINEER, AND THE IMPROPER EVACUATION PROCEDURES BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND. AN ASSOCIATED FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE APU CIRCUIT…

## Other reports on N278US (7)

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

- [Incident 20010927038779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010927038779I), Sep 27, 2001: Boeing 727251 (N278US), Fort Wayne, IN. (-23) Kha 1875, B-727, fwa to lax, at 11252 declared an emergency and returned due to an engine problem (#1 engine out). The a/c landed at fwa on rw 5 w/o…
- [Incident 20000921031609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000921031609I), Sep 21, 2000: Boeing 727251 (N278US), Fort Wayne, IN. (-23)KHA1864 returned to fwa due to #1 engine shut down (loss of oil pressure). Aircraft landed without incident. See SDR #00-564 on file dfw FSDO.
- [Incident 19990304020989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990304020989I), Mar 4, 1999: Boeing 727251 (N278US), Toledo, OH. #1 Engine lost oil quanity, crew shut down engine, declared an emergency and landed Toledo without incident. Maintanance found a bad gearbox heli-coil. A new…
- [Accident 19901203052362A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901203052362A), Dec 3, 1990: Boeing 727251 (N278US), Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. On takeoff roll right wing collided with N3313L that was lost in fog and stopped on runway. Aborted takeoff.
- [Incident 19891223065199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891223065199I), Dec 23, 1989: Boeing 727251 (N278US), Bismarck, ND. Right main gear departed taxiway while turning. Steering ineffective due to ice on taxiway.
- [Incident 19891208062759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891208062759I), Dec 8, 1989: Boeing 72751 (N278US), Omaha, NE. Electrical smell in mid cabin. Water compressor or circuit breaker popped when it malfunctioned.
- [Incident 19811120083959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811120083959I), Nov 20, 1981: Boeing 727 (N278US), Chicago, IL. Pilot experienced a compressor stall on the nr 2 engine. Returned to o hare field. Found engine gear box failure.

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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