# Incident 19960215006399I: Aerosp ATR72202, Little Rock, AR, February 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1996, 19:25 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N288AM-2013-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale ATR 72-212 (registry code 8680945, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr-72-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW124 series (registry code 52130, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw124-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72202
- People aboard: 43
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960215006399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON FEBRUARY 15, 1996, AT 1925 CST, AN AEROSPATIALE ATR-72, N288AM, OPERATED BY SIMMONS AIRLINES INC. A SUBSIDIARY OF AMR EAGLE (AMERICAN EAGLE), WAS EVACUATED ON THE RAMP AT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST LEFT THE GATE AT ADAMS FIELD IN LITTLE ROCK FOR A SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHT TO DALLAS/FT. WORTH. ON BOARD WERE 39 PASSENGERS, 2 FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS, 2 CABIN CREW, AND 1 COMPANY PERSONNEL OCCUPYING THE JUMP SEAT. ABOUT 50 FEET FROM THE GATE THE CREW STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE CAPTAIN INITIATED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN COCKPIT. BOTH EXITS ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT, AND THE REAR STAIRS WERE USED. THE EVACUATION TOOK LESS THAN 90 SECONDS. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND NO INJURIES. THE TOWER CALLED FOR ARFF EQUIPMENT WHICH ARRIVED AS THE EVACUATION WAS IN PROGRESS. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT: THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. TEST AND RESEARCH: AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO DALLAS/FT.WORTH WHERE MAINTENANCE FOUND A VALVE IN THE RIGHT ACM (AIRCYCLE MACHINE) STUCK OPEN, ALLOWING OIL TO SEEP INTO THE ACM, CAUSING THE SMOKE. THE P2.5/PE SWITCHING VALVE, PART NUMBER 3114891-0, 3112218-01, WAS REPLACED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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