Boeing 727-223B N897AA

Summary

On 23 September 1983 at about 23:55 local time, a Boeing 727-223B registered N897AA, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident near Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, United States. 112 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 September 1983 at 23:55

Classification

Incident

Location

Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Dallas/Ft Worth (D/FW)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 727-223B

Registration

N897AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

American Airlines, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW83IA438

2 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER LANDING & TAXI TO THE RAMP WHILE STANDING WITH ONE ENGINE & THE APU RUNNING SMOKE FILLED THE CABINE. THE CAPTAIN ORDERED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE ORIGIN AND CAUSE OF THE SMOKE IS UNDETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.