# Incident 20000525016589I: Doug DC871F, Des Moines, IA, May 25, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2000, 09:30 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N708UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N708UP-2010-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-71F (registry code 302199D, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-71f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC871F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,950 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000525016589I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON TAXI IN AFTER NORMAL LANDING THE TOWER REPORTED RIGHT ENGINE ON FIRE. CONFIRMED SMOKE FORM RIGHT SIDE.  CHECK LIST RUN AND ENGINES 3 AND 4 SHTUDOWN INCLUDING FIRE AGENTS DISCHARGED IN 3 AND 4.  FIRE CHIEF REPORTED AIRCRAFT HAD A FIRE IN THE RIGHT WHEELWELL.  LINK ASSEMBLY FORWARD OUTBOARD BRAKE BROKE LETTING BRAKE ROTATE AND HYDRAULIC LINE BROKE CAUSING FIRE.  WHEEL BEARING GREASE BURNED AND BEARINGS SHATTERED LETTING WHEEL WALK OFF AXLE.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS EXTENSIVE BUT CONSIDERED MINOT.

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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