# Accident 19980419046739A: Boeing 727227, Chicago, IL, April 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1998, 20:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N722AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980419046739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/19/98 AT 2030 CST, WHILE PARKED AT GATE L6, FLT # 1625 EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED/UNWARRANTED PASSENGER EVACUATION. THE FLIGHT CREW WAS IN PROCESS OF STARTING THE APV WHEN A PASSENGER OBSERVED FLAMES EMITTING FROM THE APV EXHAUSE AND SCREAMED "FIRE".  THE EVACUATION WAS INITIATED BY THE PASSENGERS VIA THE OVERWING EXIT, REAR-AIRSTAIR DOOR AND MAIN ENTRY DOOR JETBRIDGE.  THREE PASSENGERS WHO EXITED ON TO THE WING WERE INJURED WHEN THEY JUMPED OFF THE WING.  ONE RECEIVED A BROKEN ARM WHILE THE OTHER TWO RECEIVED MINOR LEG AND ANKLE INJURIES.

## 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 CHI98LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA127), Apr 20, 1998: Boeing 727-227 (N722AA), Chicago, IL, minor damage. Probable cause: the passenger initiated evacuation of the airplane. A factor was the auxiliary power unit fire.

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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