# Incident 20030503010249I: Boeing 737522, Denver, CO, May 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2003, 14:10 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N957UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N957UA-2005-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-522 (registry code 138449F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737522
- People aboard: 79
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030503010249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) EXCESSIVE FUEL BUILD-UP IN APU EXHAUST PIPE DURING APU START. FUEL IGNITED AND WAS BLOWN OUT TAILPIPE. AS A RESULT OF GUSTING TAIL WIND, FLAMES FROM IGNITED FUEL DAMAGED RIGHT SIDE OF TAIL CONE AND RIGHT ELEVATOR. APU REMOVED AND SENT TO MAINTENANCE FOR EVALUATION.

## Other reports on N957UA (1)

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

- [Incident 19961214042239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961214042239I), Dec 14, 1996: Boeing 737522 (N957UA), Kansas City, MO. Reported fire in rear of aircraft no fire dry ice and hot water in trash made vapor beleived be smoke.

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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