19790112001699I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Lkheed 1011/ · Newark, NJ · January 12, 1979

Date
January 12, 1979 · 17:24 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N324EA
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79IA019
Reported as
Lkheed 1011/
People aboard
234
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22,475 total505 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Heavy smoke from forward avionics area during taxi. Fire originated at the waste drain heater.

As the FAA filed it

HEAVY SMOKE FROM FORWARD AVIONICS AREA DURING TAXI. FIRE ORIGINATED AT THE WASTE DRAIN HEATER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N324EA · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.