# Incident 20010917025219I: Boeing 717200, Kahului, HI, September 17, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2001, 16:11 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului Airport
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HALA
- Location: 20.8986° N, 156.4305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KAHULUI (OGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8986&lon=-156.4305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N479HA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N479HA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 717-200 (registry code 1383700, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-717-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: BMW Rolls BR-700 series (registry code 09500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bmw-rolls-br-700-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717200
- People aboard: 19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010917025219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STARTED RIGHT ENGINE DURING PUSHBACK. HE HAD A TAILWIND OF AT LEAST 20 KNOTS. WINDS AT TIME OF START WAS 080 AT 31 KNOTS. THE START WENT HOT AND WAS ABORTED. IT APPEARS BURNING FUEL DRIPPED OUT OF THE TAILPIPE INTO THE BYPASS AND WAS BLOWN FORWARD BY THE STRONG TAILWIND CAUSING FLAMES TO COME OUT OF THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE. PASSENGERS AND CREW EVACUATED VIA LEFT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR USING SLIDE. SLIDE DEPLOYED AND INFLATED CORRECTLY. ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW EVACUATED AIRCRAFT VIA SLIDE WITHOUT INJURIES.

## Other reports on N479HA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160112001419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160112001419I), Jan 12, 2016: Boeing 717-200 (N479HA), HI, Minor damage. While in cruise flight between honolulu and Kahului, maui a hawaiian airlines Boeing 717 flight crew received a cargo smoke indication from the aft cargo…

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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