# Incident 19980729038009I: Boeing 737291, Newark, NJ, July 29, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1998, 21:55 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10251, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10251-1999-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-291 (registry code 138448W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737291
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 229 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980729038009I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ALL EXITS ON RIGHT SIDE.  TAXI OUT, PARKED ON BRAVO SHUT DOWN #1, RAMP CONTROL SAID SAW SMOKE AND GO TO GROUND FREQ.  TOLD GROUND TO ROLL CFR, BRIEF F/A TO EVACUATE TO RIGHT SIDE ONLY.  CAPTAIN OPENED HIS WINDO AND SPOKE TO CFR.  THEY SAID SMOKE PROBABLY AND INTERNAL FIRE.  CAPT. COMMAND EVACUATE RIGHT SIDE ONLY.  DID CHECKLIST, CHECKED CABIN AND THEN LEFT A/C R-1, F/O WING EXIT; F/AS UNKNOWN.

## Other reports on N10251 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910511032009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910511032009I), May 11, 1991: Boeing 737291 (N10251), Minot, ND, Minor damage. Aircraft received several bird strikes on takeoff. Returned and landed safely.

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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