# Incident 19980903035329I: Boeing 727232, El Paso, TX, September 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1998, 09:00 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N523DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N523DA-2013-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980903035329I

## Narrative

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

ON PUSHBACK AT EL PASO, DELTA F1511/03 WAS STARTING #3 ENG. WHEN GROUND CREW THOUGHT THEY SAW A FIRE ON #3 ENG..  THE NOTIFIED FLT. CREW AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE WHERE WATER WAS USED ON #3 ENG..  MAINT. ON SCENE FOUND #1 EXCITER AND BOTH IGNITER PLUGS BAD AND REPLACED IGNITER BOX AND PLUGS.  IGNITER BOX ON 744001034, AIRCRAFT BACK IN SERVICE AT 1400 LOCAL TIME.

## Other reports on N523DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19980306005739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980306005739I), Mar 6, 1998: Boeing 727232 (N523DA), Boise, ID. Narrative: delta 628 experienced a normal takeoff through rotation on runway 28R at Boise's Gowen field. Shortly after liftoff, however, the flight crew heard…

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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