# Incident 19810903072529I: Lkheed 1011385115, Philadelphia, PA, September 3, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1981, 19:20 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81025, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81025-1997-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15 (registry code 5265015, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-l-1011-385-1-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 1011385115
- Reported engine: RROYCE RB21122B02
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 427 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810903072529I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING START, NR1 ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE, CAUSING FIRE BOTTLES TO DISCHARGE. NO INDICATION THE FIRE BOTTLES DISCHARGED.

## Other reports on N81025 (1)

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

- [Incident 19821121070139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821121070139I), Nov 21, 1982: Lkheed 1011385115 (N81025), Las Angles, CA. Had an oven fire in NR6 oven. Fire put out with dry chemical. Had fire extinguisher.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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