20010110001049I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 767232 · Salt Lake City, UT · January 10, 2001

Date
January 10, 2001 · 16:30 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N104DA
Reported as
Boeing 767232
People aboard
167
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(-23)During a cat ii approach, upon touchdown, the crew noticed several eicas warning messages horn, heard several circuit breakers popping, and smelled burning wires in the forward part of the aircraft. The aircraft landed on the runway in excess of 27 feet to the left centerline. The aircraft taxied to the gate, parked, and expedited deplaning the passengers due to the burning smell. Inspection by delta maintenance personnel revealed a large wire bundle designated W451 was burned in the main electronics bay in the area of the P50 and P51 racks. It was determined that a 2 ga t/r wire had chafted against the right aft corner of the nose gear box and shorted causing the fire which damaged the wire bundle mentioned and also damaged the aircraft structure above the wire bundle.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)DURING A CAT II APPROACH, UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE CREW NOTICED SEVERAL EICAS WARNING MESSAGES HORN, HEARD SEVERAL CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPING, AND SMELLED BURNING WIRES IN THE FORWARD PART OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY IN EXCESS OF 27 FEET TO THE LEFT CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE, PARKED, AND EXPEDITED DEPLANING THE PASSENGERS DUE TO THE BURNING SMELL. INSPECTION BY DELTA MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED A LARGE WIRE BUNDLE DESIGNATED W451 WAS BURNED IN THE MAIN ELECTRONICS BAY IN THE AREA OF THE P50 AND P51 RACKS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A 2 GA T/R WIRE HAD CHAFTED AGAINST THE RIGHT AFT CORNER OF THE NOSE GEAR BOX AND SHORTED CAUSING THE FIRE WHICH DAMAGED THE WIRE BUNDLE MENTIONED AND ALSO DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE ABOVE THE WIRE BUNDLE.