# Incident 19980327036469I: Doug DC932, Chicago, IL, March 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1998, 20:09 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: ARNF
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFTMP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 176 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980327036469I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PRIOR TO DEPARTURE THE FLIGHT CREW SMELLED ELECTRIAL SMOKE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY.  WHEN THE COCKPIT DOOR WAS OPENED SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE OVERHEAD PANEL.  THE FIRST OFFICER NOTICED FLAMES FROM BEHIND THE EMR. PWR. SWITCH.  ATC NOTIFIED EMER. DECLARED AN AIRCRAFT EVALUATED.  THE INGNITION SWITH IN THE OVERHEAD PANEL WAS FOUND BADLY CHARRED AND DEFORMED.  SMOKE AND EXCESSIVE HEAT DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT INSIDE THE PANEL AREA DIRECTLY SURROUNDING THE IGNITION SWITCH.  DAMAGE INCLUDED BURNED WIRING AT THE SWITCH AND ADJACENT TERMINAL BLOCKS.  EXACT CAUSE OF SWITCH FAILURE IS UNDETERMINED.

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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