- Date
- January 19, 1986, 17:44 local (Jan 20, 1986, 01:44 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 7 minor, 138 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N545PSBoeing 727-214
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860119003689A
- Case key
- 40347
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Analysis
After activation of no 1 engine fire warning signals a second time, flt crew declared emerg and returned for lndg. Fuel dump was seen by some grnd observers as smoke trail and this was reported to flt crew. Acft waiting takeoff report that no smoke or fire was visible but fuel dump still in progress was overridden by other transmissions. Emerg evacuation via slides was initiated after acft came to a stop on runway. Eight passengers sustained reported injuries during evacuation. Fire warning traced to short-circuit in system; acft returned to service.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N545PS
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-214
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20169
- Airframe hours
- 31,881
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-7, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Skybus, Inc., doing business as Sksa
- Registered owner
- Livingston Investors Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- MLI · Moline, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LAS · Las Vegas, runway 25, 12,634 × 150 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,775 total · 2,400 in this make and model · 150 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.