# Incident 19911110055869I: Boeing 727231, St Louis, MO, November 10, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1991, 13:30 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54354, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54354-2008-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727231
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 145
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911110055869I

## Narrative

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

APU TORCHED WHILE BOARDING. PASSENGERS PANICKED AND REMOVED OVERWING EXITS. SLID OFF WINGS. MINOR INJURIES.

## Other reports on N54354 (1)

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

- [Incident 19861018065009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861018065009I), Oct 18, 1986: Boeing 727231 (N54354), Chicago, IL. Pilot reported flight control malfunction and returned aircraft to field. Spoiler control cable found broken.

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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