# Incident 19860810087129I: Doug DC1040, Chicago, IL, August 10, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1986, 07:15 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N184AT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1040
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA86IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA86IA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860810087129I

## Narrative

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

WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AT THE GATE A MECHANIC UNKNOWNLY ACTIVATED A OXYGEN CANISTER FROM A SEATBACK. CAUSED FIRE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA86IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA86IA037), Aug 10, 1986: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-40 (N184AT), Chicago, IL, incident, destroyed

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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