# Incident 20020123009389I: Boeing 727223, Ft Lauderdale, FL, January 23, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2002, 08:40 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N874AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N874AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D
- People aboard: 84
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020123009389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IMMEDIATELY BEFORE DEPARTURE, #1 FUEL TANK FWD. BOOST PUMP C/B POPPED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE, FLIGHT CREW TUNED ON APU, UPON ARRIVING AT THE GATE AND SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINES APU FAILED ELECTRICALLY AND LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. AFTER LOSING ELECTRICAL POWER THE CABIN BEGAN TO FILL WITH SMOKE. THE FLIGHT CREW EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND SLIDES WERE DEPLOYED. THE R-1, R-2, L-2 SLIDES WERE DEPLOYED. SOME PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE JET-WAY THROUGH THE L-1 DOOR NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE FLIGHT ENGINEER STATED THAT JUST BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER THE RIGHT PACK OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON AND APU PHASE IMBALANCE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LOGBOOK REVIEW DISCLOSED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT HAS AN ONGOING APU GENERATOR PHASE IMBALANCE DISCREPANCY DATING BACK TO JANUARY 13, 2002.

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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