# Incident 19941212043929I: Aerosp ATR72212, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, December 12, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1994, 09:00 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASOA
- 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: N633AS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72212
- Reported engine: PWA PW127
- People aboard: 38
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW95IA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95IA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941212043929I

## Narrative

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

GENERATOR FAULT LIGHT CAME ON HOLDING AT RUNWAY. FIRE LIGHT ON. SMOKE, SHUTDOWN, EVACUATED. STARTER GENERATOR DEFEC

## 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 FTW95IA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95IA064), Dec 12, 1994: Aerospatiale ATR-72-212 (N633AS), Dfw Airport, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: FIRE DUE TO THE INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE NUMBER ONE DC STARTER-GENERATOR.

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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