# Incident 19950403010359I: Doug DC982, New York, NY, April 3, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1995, 11:30 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7531A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7531A-2020-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950403010359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROX. 1130L, NO PAX ON BOARD, A/C WAS BEING READIED FOR FLIGHT WHEN A FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTED SMOKE COMING FROM THE CEILING OVER ROW 27 A/B SEATS. THE FIRE DEPT. WAS CALLED AND FIRE FIGHTERS WITH THE ASSIST OF AN AALA MECHANIC CHOPPED OUT THE CEILING PANELS OVER ROW 27 SEATS A/B TO ROW 25 SEATS A/B, APPROX. FUSELAGE STATION, 1079 TO 1022. TWO HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE USED TO PUT OUT THE BURNING WIRES, PNEUMATIC DUCTING AND CEILING PANELS IN THE AREA OVER THE STORAGE BINS. THE METAL CEILING SKIN OVER THE AREA WAS SCORCHED AND SHOWED SIGNS OF BUCKLING. AN INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT A FLUORESCENT LIGHT BALLAST, PART NUMBER 70-94, S/N 47204D HAD BURNT UP CAUSING THE FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED UN-PRESSURIZED LGA TO TULSA FOR REPAIRS 4/3/95. THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE SKIN IN AREA OF DAMAGE AS NOTED ABOVE, IS BEING REPLACED.

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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