# Incident 19901205060259I: Boeing 7272S7, Detroit, MI, December 5, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1990, 06:15 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: N715RC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7272S7
- People aboard: 73
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI91IA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91IA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901205060259I

## Narrative

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

FIRE IN RIGHT WHEEL WELL WHILE TAXIING. EVACUATED. APU COMBUSTION CAN O RING HAD BURNED THROUGH.

## 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 CHI91IA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91IA041), Dec 5, 1990: Boeing 727-257 (N715RC), Detroit, MI, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE INADEQUATE DEICING PROCEDURES INSTITUTED BY COMPANY MANAGEMENT.

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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