# Incident 19960203004009I: Doug DC951, Kahului, HI, February 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1996, 09:39 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HALA
- Location: 20.8986° N, 156.4305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KAHULUI (OGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8986&lon=-156.4305&mi=10
- Aircraft: EICBG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC951
- People aboard: 122
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,600 total, 750 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960203004009I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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