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FAA incident report · Doug DC951 · Kahului, HI · February 3, 1996

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Date
February 3, 1996 · 09:39 local
Place
Kahului, HI
Airport
Kahului Airport
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
HALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
EICBG
Reported as
Doug DC951
People aboard
122
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,600 total750 in this make and model225 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Narrative: at approximately 0939HST, HA515 was cleared into position and hold on runway 20 at Kahului Airport (ogg). After taxiing into position, the flight crew smelled and observed smoke. The captain opened the cockpit door to establish communication with the cabin crew and stated he could barely see the aft section of the cabin due to smoke. As the captain opened the door the lead flight attendant was in the process of establishing communication with the cockpit to advise them of smoke in the passenger cabin. Due to the density of the smoke the captain instructed the flight attendants to evacuate the aircraft and he activated the evacuation signal. The forward left passenger door (L-1) and the forward service door (R-1) were opened by the lead flight attendant and third flight attendant respectively. The slides deployed and inflation handles pulled. After the first or second passenger down the L-1 slide, it was observed deflating. The lead flight attendant blocked passengers from that door and directed them down the R-1 slide. Slide malfunction was due to a puncture hole found in the underside of the slide about one foot from the upper end. The cause of the puncture is under investigation. When the evacuation signal sounded and the evacuation announcement was made, passengers occupying the exit seats at the overwing window exits removed all four window exits and proceeded to deplane over the wings. The second flight attendant positioned near the aft ventral stairway chose not to utilize the jettison tailcone exit due to the amount of smoke in that area and directed the passengers to exit forward. 120 passengers and five crewmembers evacuated the aircraft resulting in three minor injuries reported. One passenger experienced friction burns from a slide, one passenger reported a sore wrist, and the lead flight attendant was struck near the right eye when he pulled the L-1 emergency evacuation slide inflation handle. All were treated and released. It was determined that the cause of the smoke was due to APU internal failure resulting in APU oil entering the bleed air system and causing smoke. No fire existed. No fatalities.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 0939HST, HA515 WAS CLEARED INTO POSITION AND HOLD ON RUNWAY 20 AT KAHULUI AIRPORT (OGG). AFTER TAXIING INTO POSITION, THE FLIGHT CREW SMELLED AND OBSERVED SMOKE. THE CAPTAIN OPENED THE COCKPIT DOOR TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION WITH THE CABIN CREW AND STATED HE COULD BARELY SEE THE AFT SECTION OF THE CABIN DUE TO SMOKE. AS THE CAPTAIN OPENED THE DOOR THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION WITH THE COCKPIT TO ADVISE THEM OF SMOKE IN THE PASSENGER CABIN. DUE TO THE DENSITY OF THE SMOKE THE CAPTAIN INSTRUCTED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT AND HE ACTIVATED THE EVACUATION SIGNAL. THE FORWARD LEFT PASSENGER DOOR (L-1) AND THE FORWARD SERVICE DOOR (R-1) WERE OPENED BY THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND THIRD FLIGHT ATTENDANT RESPECTIVELY. THE SLIDES DEPLOYED AND INFLATION HANDLES PULLED. AFTER THE FIRST OR SECOND PASSENGER DOWN THE L-1 SLIDE, IT WAS OBSERVED DEFLATING. THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT BLOCKED PASSENGERS FROM THAT DOOR AND DIRECTED THEM DOWN THE R-1 SLIDE. SLIDE MALFUNCTION WAS DUE TO A PUNCTURE HOLE FOUND IN THE UNDERSIDE OF THE SLIDE ABOUT ONE FOOT FROM THE UPPER END. THE CAUSE OF THE PUNCTURE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. WHEN THE EVACUATION SIGNAL SOUNDED AND THE EVACUATION ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE, PASSENGERS OCCUPYING THE EXIT SEATS AT THE OVERWING WINDOW EXITS REMOVED ALL FOUR WINDOW EXITS AND PROCEEDED TO DEPLANE OVER THE WINGS. THE SECOND FLIGHT ATTENDANT POSITIONED NEAR THE AFT VENTRAL STAIRWAY CHOSE NOT TO UTILIZE THE JETTISON TAILCONE EXIT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN THAT AREA AND DIRECTED THE PASSENGERS TO EXIT FORWARD. 120 PASSENGERS AND FIVE CREWMEMBERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN THREE MINOR INJURIES REPORTED. ONE PASSENGER EXPERIENCED FRICTION BURNS FROM A SLIDE, ONE PASSENGER REPORTED A SORE WRIST, AND THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS STRUCK NEAR THE RIGHT EYE WHEN HE PULLED THE L-1 EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE INFLATION HANDLE. ALL WERE TREATED AND RELEASED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE WAS DUE TO APU INTERNAL FAILURE RESULTING IN APU OIL ENTERING THE BLEED AIR SYSTEM AND CAUSING SMOKE. NO FIRE EXISTED. NO FATALITIES.