# Incident 19940402009899I: Boeing 757232, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, April 2, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1994, 09:55 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N649DL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N649DL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 91
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940402009899I

## Narrative

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

NR1 ENGINE TAIL PIPE FIRE ON ENGINE START UP. PASSENGER OPENED EXCAPE HATCH. FIRE EXTINGUISHED. WIND INTO TAIL PIPE

## Other reports on N649DL (2)

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

- [Incident 20141101019019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141101019019I), Nov 1, 2014: Boeing 757-232 (N649DL), Smyrna, TN, No damage. Inspector allen was notified that delta flight 8902 had taxied into the grass at kmqy. The aircraft was located on taxiway j north of alpha at inspector…
- [Incident 20100727039239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100727039239I), Jul 27, 2010: Boeing 757-232 (N649DL), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. On July 27, 2010, delta airlines flight 1553, a B-757-232 was on a non stop flight between minneapolis (msp) and seattle (sea) when the crew experienced smoke…

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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