# NTSB SEA86LA044: Boeing 727-214, N545PS, Las Vegas, NV, January 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1986, 17:44 local (Jan 20, 1986, 01:44 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Location: 36.0803° N, 115.1524° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRY REID INTL (LAS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0803&lon=-115.1524&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 7 minor, 138 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40347
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40347/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA044

## 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

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, climb - to cruise
  - fire warning system,powerplant - false indication (cause)
  - emergency procedure - performed, pilot in command
  - fire warning system,powerplant - shorted (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - load jettison - performed, pilot in command
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
- Miscellaneous/other, standing - engine(s) not operating

## Aircraft

- Registration: N545PS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-214
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20169
- Airframe hours: 31881
- Engines: P&W JT8D-7 14000 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.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860119003689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860119003689A), Jan 19, 1986: Boeing 727214, Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. NR1 engine aural and visual fire indication. Bottle fired, dumped fuel on return. Fire warning parts replaced.

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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