# Incident 20010104000189I: Boeing 727227, Bedford, MA, January 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RYNA
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17773 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010104000189I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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