20010104000189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727227 · Bedford, MA · January 4, 2001

Date: January 4, 2001 · 15:00 local
Place: Bedford, MA
Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: RYNA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N17773
Reported as: Boeing 727227
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D1

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What happened

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

(-23) A/c electrical power was on and crew was getting ready to start a/c engines when the flight engineer smelled and then saw smoke coming up through the air vents. Lights on the engineer panels started to blink. Crew evacuated all passengers from the cabin. Emergency fire crews were alerted by the ryan international mechanic and arrived on the scene in a few minutes. By the time the crew arrived there was substantial smoke coming out of the lower compartment. They quickly doused the flame with halon and then disconnected the battery.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A/C ELECTRICAL POWER WAS ON AND CREW WAS GETTING READY TO START A/C ENGINES WHEN THE FLIGHT ENGINEER SMELLED AND THEN SAW SMOKE COMING UP THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. LIGHTS ON THE ENGINEER PANELS STARTED TO BLINK. CREW EVACUATED ALL PASSENGERS FROM THE CABIN. EMERGENCY FIRE CREWS WERE ALERTED BY THE RYAN INTERNATIONAL MECHANIC AND ARRIVED ON THE SCENE IN A FEW MINUTES. BY THE TIME THE CREW ARRIVED THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE LOWER COMPARTMENT. THEY QUICKLY DOUSED THE FLAME WITH HALON AND THEN DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY.