# Accident 19981025030129A: Aerosp ATR42300, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1998
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- 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: N143DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N143DD-2013-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 (registry code 8680920, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981025030129A

## Narrative

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

AFTER HAVING STARTED THE RIGHT ENGINE THE AIRPLANE STARTED ROLLING FORWARD RESULTING IN THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER STRIKING THE AIR CONDITIONER/POWER UNIT AND STARTING A FIRE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY THIS OFFICE LEADS TO CONCLUDE THAT THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT SET AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA99FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA012), Oct 25, 1998: Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 (N143DD), San Juan, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to verify that the parking brake was applied prior to engine start, and the resultant inadvertent movement of the aircraft and collision with the ground power cart once No. 2 was…

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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