# Incident 19970614028469I: Boeing 727227, Orlando, FL, June 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1997, 18:50 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: S1NA
- Location: 28.4294° N, 81.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO INTL (MCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4294&lon=-81.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79771, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79771-2005-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-227 (registry code 1384078, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 145
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,534 total, 10,984 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970614028469I

## Narrative

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

FE-HURTT III, CARL PRESTON #221466862(DTW) A/C WAS READY FOR DEPARTURE WHEN THE CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE 2250Z. PIC NOTIFIED MCO TOWER THAT THEY HAD SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. HE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXPERIENCING A RIGHT PACK OVERHEAT. THE AFT SLIDES WERE DEPLOYED & THE AIRSTAIRS DROPPED TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT. CAUSE IDENTIFIED AS A RT PACK ACM INTERNAL FAILURE.

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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