# Incident 19870905055009I: Bac 146200A, San Jose, CA, September 5, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1987, 06:40 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N142AC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BAC 146200A
- Reported engine: LYC ALF502*
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870905055009I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED TO START. ON SECOND ATTEMPT A TAIL PIPE FIRE ERUPTED. PASSENGERS EVACUATED AND FIRE PUT OUT.

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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