Boeing 727-214 N545PS
20 January 1986 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 20 January 1986 at about 01:44 local time, a Boeing 727-214 registered N545PS, operated by Skybus, Inc., was involved in an accident near Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. 146 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 7 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 01:44
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Nearest airport
- Las Vegas (LAS)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-214
- Registration
- N545PS
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Skybus, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Las Vegas → Moline
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- SEA86LA044
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 138 |
Probable cause
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 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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 727 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jan 1986 | Boeing 727-225 | Loudon County, Virginia, United States | Eastern Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 1986 | Boeing 727-223 | Harlingen, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 1986 | Boeing 727-225 | New York, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jan 1986 | Boeing 727-232 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 16 Mar 1986 | Boeing 727 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 1986 | Boeing 727-225 | Miami, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 1986 | Piper PA-24-250 | Fallon, Nevada, United States | Donald Stelling | Serious injuries | - |
| 9 Apr 1986 | Cessna 180K | Emigrant Pass, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1986 | Cessna 172 | Reno, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1986 | Cessna 172N | Pioche, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 1986 | Eiriavion Oy PIK 20-D | Minden, Nevada, United States | Robert Thornequist | No injuries | - |
| 3 May 1986 | Hanson JUNGMANN 131E | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Gerald E. Hanson | No injuries | - |