# NTSB FTW84IA007: Boeing B727-023, N1972, Dfw Airport, TX, October 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1983, 20:33 local (Oct 6, 1983, 01:33 UTC)
- Place: Dfw Airport, TX
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 6 minor, 66 uninjured; on the ground: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21159
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84IA007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21159/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84IA007

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, taxi - to takeoff
  - landing gear,normal brake system - burned
  - charts/other manuals

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1972-2017-02-28), registration cancelled 2017-02-28, S/N 18428, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B727-023
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-23](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (registry code 1384004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18428
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19831006067329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831006067329I), Oct 6, 1983: Boeing 72723, Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Dragging brake while taxiing for takeoff. Brake fire occurred. Cause is undetermined.

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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