39.7173° N, 86.2946° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 30, 2001 · 21:14 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AMTA
Aircraft
N769AT
Reported as
Boeing 727227
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D17A
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) Flight 478: after landing at Indianapolis, IN (ind) aircraft was taxiing to the gate when the tower observed flames and smoke coming from the number two engine. The aircraft completed the taxi to the gate and the crew fire rescue extinguished the fire with foam at the gate.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) FLIGHT 478: AFTER LANDING AT INDIANAPOLIS, IN (IND) AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO THE GATE WHEN THE TOWER OBSERVED FLAMES AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED THE TAXI TO THE GATE AND THE CREW FIRE RESCUE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH FOAM AT THE GATE.