Boeing 727-35 N4620

Summary

On 24 May 1984 at about 18:50 local time, a Boeing 727-35 registered N4620, operated by Gulf Air, Inc., was involved in an incident near Bahamas, Bahamas. 125 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 May 1984 at 18:50

Classification

Incident

Location

Bahamas, Bahamas

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 727-35

Registration

N4620

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Gulf Air, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nassau → Houston

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84IA172

Nobody was injured.

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

WHILE CLIMBING THRU FL 240, THE AIRCREW NOTED THAT THE #1 ENG FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THEY SECURED THE ENG IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENG FIRE CHECKLIST PROCEDURE, THEN DIVERTED FOR AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING AT MIAMI, FL. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE STARTER VALVE, PN 392688-1, HAD STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE AIRCREW DID NOT RECOGNIZE THIS PROBLEM DURING THE STARTING SEQUENCE; THEREFORE, HOT BLEED AIR CONTINUED INTO THE STARTER SYS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE STARTER DISINTEGRATED & DAMAGED WIRING & FUEL & OIL LINES, THEN A FIRE STARTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.