# Incident 19960724026959I: Aerosp ATR42300, Honolulu, HI, July 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1996, 08:08 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: M3HA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4209G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4209G-1998-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 (registry code 8680920, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42300
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,170 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960724026959I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAKEOFF ROLL FROM RUNWAY 8L AT LIMA INTERSECTION, #2 ENGINE TORQUE LOSS NOTED AT APPROXIMATELY 50 KTS (INDICATED AIRSPEED). FIRST OFFICER CALLED ABORT AND CAPTAIN INITIATED ABORT PROCEDURES. ATCT WAS INFORMED OF ABORT AND NO ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED. AS AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARING RUNWAY 8L AT DELTA TAXIWAY, #2 ENGINE FIRE INDICATION, WITH ASSOCIATED ALERTS, BEGAN. AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED AND ENGINE FIRE ON GROUND PROCEDURES INITIATED. ATCT WAS ADVISED, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS REQUESTED. APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS AFTER BOTH ENGINES WERE SHUTDOWN AND THE FIRST FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS DISCHARGED, THE SECOND AGENT WAS DISCHARGED. APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS FOLLOWING DISCHARGE OF THE SECOND AGENT, ALL FIRE INDICATIONS CEASED. IN ANTICIPATION OF A POSSIBLE EMERGENCY EVACUATION, THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WAS OPENED FOLLOWING SHUTDOWN OF BOTH ENGINES, BUT NO EVACUATION WAS REQUIRED. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE AIRCRAFT, EMERGENCY VEHICLES CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE GATE, WHERE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AND REACCOMMODATED ON ANOTHER FLIGHT. INVESTIGATION BY MAHALO AIR PMI FOUND NO. 1 FUEL NOZZLE LEAKING FROM O-RIN G. THE INSTALLED O-RINGS (PRE-FIX AS) ARE BEING REPLACED WITH NEW O-RINGS (PREFIX ST). MAHALO AIR WAS USING OLD TYPE O-RINGS BECAUSE NEW TYPE O-RINGS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THEY HAVE NOW RECEIVED THE NEW TYPE O-RINGS AND ARE MAKING PLANS TO INSTALL THEM ON ALL ENGINES. NO NMAC -- NO PILOT DEVIATION - INCIDENT IWP1396022 IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4209G (1)

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

- [Incident 19901101059809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901101059809I), Nov 1, 1990: Aerosp ATR42300 (N4209G), Syracuse, NY. Passenger reported flight departed without a passenger briefing for emergency procedures. Seat belts not checked.

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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