# Incident 19960320018119I: Boeing 737232, Atlanta, GA, March 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1996, 23:57 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N331DL-2009-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-232 (registry code 1384475, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737232
- People aboard: 95
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,419 total, 804 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960320018119I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAXIING SMOKE WAS DETECTED IN CABIN AND COCKPIT WHILE ON DELTA RAMP EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF COCKPIT AND CABIN. SLIDES WERE DEPLOYED AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE. 7 MINOR INJURIES TREATED ON THE SCENE BY PARAMEDICS, NO ONE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIRECTED BY RAMP CONTROL TO GATE T-4. THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE WAS OIL FROM THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE DRIPPING ONTO DUCTS, AND BEING SUCKED INTO THE AIRCRAFT. THE COELESCER BAGS WERE CHANGED AND A DUCT BURN OUT WAS COMPLETED. THIS OCCURRED ON THE LEFT PACK. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE TWO DAYS LATER. AT THIS TIME THE LEFT A/C AIR CYCLE MACHINE HAD SEIZED UP AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. AS OF THE 28TH OF MARCH THE AIRCRAFT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION TO SEE IF ANY REPEATS OCCUR.

## Other reports on N331DL (2)

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

- [Incident 19981215045589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981215045589I), Dec 15, 1998: Boeing 737232 (N331DL), Rochester, NY. (-5) On 12/15/98 N331DL, B-737-232, s/n: 23103 declared an emergency and landed at Rochester international airport (kroc). The crew noted a fluid loss in…
- [Incident 19880624042139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880624042139I), Jun 24, 1988: Boeing 737232 (N331DL), Salt Lake City, UT. Airport authority received anonymous call stating bomb set to explode on takeoff. Aircraft searched. Found no bomb.

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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