- Date
- July 2, 1991, 11:58 local (15:58 UTC)
- Place
- Buffalo, NY
- Injuries
- 157 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N913TSBoeing 727-254
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910702032889I
- Case key
- 36816
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Probable cause
Chaffing fire detector loop on the number one engine.
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
The Boeing 727 200 was on final approach in the vicinity of the outer marker when an intermittent fire warning indication on the number one engine started. The engine was shut down and the fire bottle was discharged; however, the fire warning continued. When the airplane landed and cleared the runway it was stopped. The fire warning continued and a second bottle was discharged. When the fire warning continued, a precautionary emergency evacuation was initiated. Post incident examination of the airplane disclosed a chaffing fire loop on the number one engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N913TS
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-254
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20252
- Airframe hours
- 37,892
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-7, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Trump Shuttle, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Trump Shuttle, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 28, 1991 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- LGA · New York, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BUF · Buffalo, runway 5, 8,102 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- Age
- 56
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 16,500 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 11,000 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.