# Incident 19951107036249I: Boeing 727224, Panama City, PN, November 7, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1995
- Place: Panama City, PN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Aircraft: N79750, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79750-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727224
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96RA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96RA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951107036249I

## Narrative

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

PLANE SITTING ON RAMP, 1,200 LBS OF MATCHES CAUGHT FIRE, BURNED THROUGH CARO COMPARTMENT LINING.

## 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 FTW96RA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96RA039), Nov 7, 1995: Boeing B727-224 (N79750), Panama City, Panama, incident

## Other reports on N79750 (1)

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

- [Accident 19831228075919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831228075919A), Dec 28, 1983: Boeing 727224 (N79750), New York, NY, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed hard during wind shear condition. Pilot used poor technique using ground spoilers.

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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