- Date
- September 23, 1983, 18:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas/Ft Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 110 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N897AABoeing 727-223B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 20780
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
Miscellaneous - smokeCause
Analysis
After landing & taxi to the ramp while standing with one engine & the APU running smoke filled the cabine. The captain ordered an emergency evacuation which was accomplished. The origin and cause of the smoke is undetermined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N897AA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-223B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 220-13
- Airframe hours
- 8,294
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-15, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines, Inc., doing business as American Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- D/FW · Dallas/Ft Worth
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- None