# Incident 19881009054009I: Aerosp ATR42300, Houston, TX, October 9, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1988, 18:40 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47801, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47801-1997-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 (registry code 8680930, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42300
- People aboard: 41
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,379 total, 422 in this make and model, 465 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881009054009I

## Narrative

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

NR2 ENGINE ON FIRE AFTER START. USED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND FIRE BOTTLE.EVACUATED AIRCRAFT.PROP BRAKE OVERHEATED

## Other reports on N47801 (2)

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

- [Incident 19940416020749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940416020749I), Apr 16, 1994: Aerosp ATR42320 (N47801), Newark, NJ. Brakes failed while taxiing to gate. Departed taxiway and came to rest on adjacent grass area.
- [Incident 19910717038169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910717038169I), Jul 17, 1991: Aerosp ATR42320 (N47801), Houston, TX. Lost control while taxiing. No nose wheel steering and no toe brakes. Weight-on-wheel switch in wrong position.

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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