- Date
- October 5, 1983, 20:33 local (Oct 6, 1983, 01:33 UTC)
- Place
- Dfw Airport, TX
- Injuries
- 6 minor, 66 uninjured; on the ground: 2 minor
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1972Boeing B727-023
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831006067329I
- Case key
- 21159
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.
Analysis
A brake fire resulting from a dragging brake the cause of which was not determined was the reason for an evacuation during taxi back to the ramp because of a brake discrepancy. The slide lost pressure which was attributed to a high heel shoe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1972
- Reported as
- Boeing B727-023
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18428
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- American Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- DSM · Des Moines, IA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DFW · Dfw
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Observed at
- DFW, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.