Incident · 1990-09-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-09-09
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- BOEING 727-231 (N74317)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- TRANS WORLD AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- TRANS WORLD AIRLINES — Flag carrier (121) Operator Does Business As:
Probable cause
THE EXHAUST PIPE FIRE IN THE APU WHICH RESULTED IN AN UNAUTHORIZED EVACUATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY THE PASSENGERS.
Source: NTSB case NYC90IA219Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.