# Incident 19981208044389I: Saab 340B, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, December 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1998, 11:45 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N392AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N392AE-2009-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,098 total, 210 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981208044389I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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