# Incident 20020906026229I: Aerosp ATR72212A, Orlando, FL, September 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2002, 06:30 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 28.4294° N, 81.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO INTL (MCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4294&lon=-81.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N538AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N538AT-2013-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale ATR 72-212A (registry code 8680902, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr-72-212a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72212A
- People aboard: 24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,226 total, 3,829 in this make and model, 232 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020906026229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT CREW REPORTED FIRE ON NO.2 ENGINE AT GATE 10 RAMP AT ORLANDO AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE PASSENGERS DEPLANED ON RAMP VIA ENTRANCE DOOR STAIRS THEN WALKED TO TERMINAL. ONE INJURY REPORTED. THIS INSPECTOR INTERVIEWED AMERICAN EAGLE MAINTENANCE AND THEY DETERMINED THE PILOT DISENGAGED THE PROPELLER BRAKE BY ELECTRICAL SWITCH THAT SIGNALS THE MULTI FUNCTION COMPUTER TO DISENGAGE THE PROPELLER BRAKE. WHEN THE PILOT INCREASED ENGINE POWER THE PROPELLER STARTED TO ROTATE AND AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES THE PROPELLER BRAKE WAS SO HOT THE BRAKE STARTED A FIRE. DISASSEMBLY OF THE PROPELLER BRAKE INDICATED THE BRAKE WAS ON AND THE PROPELLER BRAKE REDUCTION GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF. AMERICAN EAGLE MAINTENANCE BELIEVES THE MULTIFUNCTION COMPUTER FAILED BY FAILURE TO RELEASE PROPELLER BRAKE.

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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