# Incident 20030422004489I: Boeing 7373B7, Salt Lake City, UT, April 22, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2003, 22:13 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N952WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N952WP-2005-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3B7 (registry code 138447F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3b7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373B7
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 37
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030422004489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON INITIAL PUSHBACK THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO START THE #1 ENGINE. IT FAILED TO START. A DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT THE LEFT IGNITION SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE. THE CREW DETERMINED TO CONTINUE TO TAXI AND USE THE RIGHT IGNITION SYSTEM ON TAXI-OUT TO START THE #1 ENGINE. THEY THEN STARTED THE #2 ENGINE AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI TOWARD THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY. WHILE TAXIING THEY MOTORED THE #1 ENGINE IN AN ATTEMPT TO RID IT OF ANY POOLED FUEL. PRIOR TO REACHING THE ACTIVE RUNWAY THE CREW AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO START THE #1 ENGINE USING THE RIGHT IGNITION SYSTEM. THERE WAS APPARENTLY SOME RESIDUAL POOLED FUEL IN THE TAIL PIPE THAT IGNITED CAUSING THE TAIL PIPE FIRE. AFTER RETURING TO THE GATE THE ENGINE WAS INSPECTED. THE LEFT IGNITION SYSTEM WAS DEFERRED PER DELTA'S PROCEDURES AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR GREAT FALLS.

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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