19881116063389I

Incident

FAA incident report · Aerosp ATR42300 · Chicago, IL · November 16, 1988

Date
November 16, 1988 · 19:45 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago-O Hare International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SIMA
Aircraft
N425MQ
Reported as
Aerosp ATR42300
People aboard
49
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine fire warning holding for takeoff. Shut down and fired bottles. Evacuated. No fire. Strong tailwind blamed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FIRE WARNING HOLDING FOR TAKEOFF. SHUT DOWN AND FIRED BOTTLES. EVACUATED. NO FIRE. STRONG TAILWIND BLAMED.