# Incident 19960920035269I: Aerosp ATR72212, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1996, 09:20 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TRBA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N429AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N429AT-2013-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR-72-212 (registry code 8680946, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-alenia-atr-72-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney 127 (registry code 52132, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-127) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72212
- Reported engine: PWA PW127
- People aboard: 61
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960920035269I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: EXECUTIVE FLIGHT 5527 FROM SJU TO SDQ, MADE AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION AT THE END OF RUNWAY 8 DUE TO SMOKE IN THE PASSENGER CABIN. NO INJURIES WAS REPORTED. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED BY MAINTENANCE THAT AN AIR VALVE RING HAD BROKEN. IT WAS REPLACED AND THE AC WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N429AT (1)

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

- [Incident 20030810027139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030810027139I), Aug 10, 2003: Aerosp ATR72 (N429AT), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. (-23) On 08/10/03 executives airlines (d/b/a American eagle) flight 5244, departed from San Juan to st. lucia. This flight had been delayed. It was scheduled…

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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