# NTSB FTW83IA438: Boeing 727-223B, N897AA, Dallas/Ft Worth, TX, September 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: September 23, 1983, 18:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place: Dallas/Ft Worth, TX
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 110 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20780
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83IA438
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20780/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA438

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, standing - engine(s) operating
  - miscellaneous - smoke (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-223B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 220-13
- Airframe hours: 8294
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling: none

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.

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