- Date
- May 23, 1986, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nashville, TN
- Injuries
- 129 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1644Boeing 727-295
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860523042309I
- Case key
- 7016
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Fire warning system,powerplant - failure,totalCause
Analysis
The flight experienced a fire warning light descending through 10500 feet for landing at Nashville. The aircraft landed without incident. The passengers evacuated the aircraft using evacuation slides. Examination of the aircraft disclosed that the detection loop was faulty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1644
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19449
- Airframe hours
- 52,491
- Engine
- P&W JT80-15, 15,500 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Piedmont Airline
- Registered owner
- First Security Bank Of Utah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Denver, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BNA · Nashville, runway 20R, 7,700 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,203 total · 1,484 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.