# Incident 19880330010239I: Doug DC1040, Boston, MA, March 30, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1988, 18:45 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N154US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N154US-2001-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-10-40 (registry code 3023508, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-10-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A (registry code 52050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1040
- People aboard: 81
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA88IA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88IA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880330010239I

## Narrative

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

FIRE IN LOWER COMPARTMENT WHILE TAXIING TO GATE. FOUND APU BATTERY HAD SIGNS OF OVERHEATING AND CAUSED THE 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 DCA88IA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88IA044), Mar 30, 1988: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-40 (N154US), Boston, MA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE BATTERY GROUND CONNECTION THAT RESULTED IN PREMATURE LOOSENING OF THE CONNECTION AND ELECTRICAL ARC IGNITION OF POOLED FUEL IN THE CAC BILGE. THE FUEL WAS NOT DRAINED…

## Other reports on N154US (2)

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

- [Incident 19870313029549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870313029549I), Mar 13, 1987: Doug DC1040 (N154US), Memphis, TN. Unsafe gear indication before missed approach. Safe landing. Found grease on the downlock switch.
- [Incident 19820427016499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820427016499I), Apr 27, 1982: Doug DC1040 (N154US), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft had hydraulic malfunction and unsafe left main down and locked indiction. Gear retract cylinder failed.

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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