# Incident 19960218001869I: Boeing 757251, Detroit, MI, February 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1996, 13:05 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.2124° N, 83.3534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DETROIT METRO WAYNE COUNTY (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2124&lon=-83.3534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N532US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N532US-2016-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-251 (registry code 1384970, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757251
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960218001869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER ALL FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NONE OF THE FAA NINE RESPONSIBILITIES APPLY. NWA FLT 480 RETURNED TO DTW SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO A SUSPECTED GALLEY FIRE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING TAXI IN, AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON TAXIWAY "FOXTROT" AND CAPTAIN INITIATED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION DUE TO SMOKE IN CABIN. THE FOLLOWING EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS USED: DOOR ASSIST BOTTLES AND SLIDES 1L, 1R, 2L, 2R, 3L, 3R, AND 4L. ENGINE FIRE BOTTLES 1L AND 1R, AFT HALON FIRE BOTTLE, FWD WATER BOTTLE, AND AFT RIGHT PBE. THE FOLLOWING EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT DID NOT OPERATE: DOOR ASSIST BOTTLES 1R, 2L AND 4R. DOOR 4R WAS NOT USED BUT DEPLOYED AT A LATER TIME TO DETERMINE IF OPERABLE. GIRT BAR AT 4R HAD A BROKEN TAB AND LATER REPLACED. AIRCRAFT HAD 179 PAX, PLUS CREW AND EVACUATED IN APROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES WITH ONE MINOR ANKLE INJURY REPORTED. FAA ALONG WITH NWA OFFICIALS INVESTIGATED INCIDENT AND FOUND HAMBURGERS IN AFT GALLEY OVEN HAD DRIPPED GREASE OUT OF PROTECTIVE WRAPPING INTO OVEN CAUSING SIGNIFICANT SMOKE. NO SIGN OF FIRE WAS EVIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N532US (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900630061379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900630061379I), Jun 30, 1990: Boeing 757251 (N532US), Billings, MT. Low oil pressure. Precautionary shutdown of right engine. Landed safely at Billings.

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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