19981208044389I

Incident

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Dallas-Ft Worth, TX · December 8, 1998

Date
December 8, 1998 · 11:45 local
Place
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
Airport
Dallas-Fort Worth International
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SIMA
Aircraft
N392AE
Reported as
Saab 340B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,098 total210 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On a taxiway awaiting takeoff,the cockpit crew had indication of a cargo fire. The flight attendant reported smoke in the cabin. The captian ordered an emergency evacuation which occured expeditiously. Exact time to evacuate is unknown. Cause of smoke was overheated light ballast. Evacuation was via main entry door.

As the FAA filed it

ON A TAXIWAY AWAITING TAKEOFF,THE COCKPIT CREW HAD INDICATION OF A CARGO FIRE. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE CAPTIAN ORDERED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WHICH OCCURED EXPEDITIOUSLY. EXACT TIME TO EVACUATE IS UNKNOWN. CAUSE OF SMOKE WAS OVERHEATED LIGHT BALLAST. EVACUATION WAS VIA MAIN ENTRY DOOR.