# Accident 20030623015869A: Boeing 757232, Tampa, FL, June 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2003, 07:11 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 27.9756° N, 82.5333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9756&lon=-82.5333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N633DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N633DL-2020-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 145
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,377 total, 1,933 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030623015869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N633DL WAS DISCONNECTED FROM PUSHBACK FOR FLT. 1036 TPA-ATL, AFTER #1 ENGINE STARTED. THE CABIN WAS SECURED FOR DEPARTURE. DURING START OF #2 ENGINE, DEPARTING GROUND CREW OBSERVED SMOKE, FLAME, SMOKE AND FLAME FROM BACK OF ENGINE & GAVE COCKPIT CREW VISUAL HAND SIGNAL OF ENGINE FIRE. DURING THIS TIME, PASSENGERS IN THE RIGHT REAR TOURIST CABIN OBSERVED SMOKE AND FLAMES AND STARTED YELLING "FIRE", WHICH INITIATED A PANIC RUSH TO THE EXITS. A PASSENGER WAS OBSERVED TO GO TO THE L-2 DOOR, PUSH AND CURSE AT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND OPENED THE L-2 DOOR, EVEN AFTER BEING TOLD BY THIS ATTENDANT NOT TO OPEN THE DOOR. THE PIC & F/O DID NOT OBSERVE ANY COCKPIT INDICATION OF A PROBLEM WITH THE #2 ENGINE - THE PIC SAID HE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WHEN HE OBSERVED A GROUND HANDLER WITH THEIR HANDS OVER THEIR FACE. HE THEN SHUTDOWN THE #2 ENGINE. THE PIC WAS CALLED BY THE R-1 FLIGHT ATTENDANT THAT THERE WAS A FIRE. THE COCKPIT CREW NOTED PASSENGERS ON THE RAMP & EMERGENCY/ENTRY DOOR LIGHTS WERE ON. THE PIC THEN SHUTDOWN THE #1 ENGINE. THE F/O CALLED GROUND CONTROL & REQUESTED EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT - FIRE TRUCKS & AMBULANCES. THE PIC MADE PA ANNOUNCEMENT TO STAY ON BOARD. 155 PAX. EVACUATED.(-23 1ST AMENDMENT) NOTE: THE FOLLOWING UPDATES MADE TO THIS BLOCK: 1) THIS INCIDENT WAS DECLARED AN ACCIDENT DUE TO SERIOUS INJURIES INVOLVED - 1 MALE WITH BROKEN WRIST. ANOTHER PAX. WITH SERIOUS INJURY - UNKNOWN. 2) THE CVR READOUT INDICATED THAT THE PIC & F/O NOTED PASSENGERS ON THE RAMP AFTER #2 ENGINE STARTED - TOLD BY THE R-1 FLIGHT ATTENDANT ON THE INTERPHONE THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE FIRE IN THE CABIN & THAT THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT HAD A PBE AND FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WAS PROCEEDING AFT IN THE CABIN. 3) LATER INFORMATION INCREASED THE PASSENGER MINOR INJURY COUNT FROM 6 TO 30. ALSO ADDED 2 INFANTS TO ADJUST THE TOTAL SOULS ON BOARD TO 176. (-23 2ND AMENDMENT) NOTE: THE FOLLOWING UPDATES MADE TO THIS BLOCK AS A RESULT OF OBTAINING INJURY LISTING FROM DALA: 1) TWO SERIOUS INJURIES INVOLVED - 1 PASSENGER WITH BROKEN LEFT FOREARM AND ANOTHER PASSENGER WITH A BROKEN LEFT ARM. 2) MINOR INJURY COUNT REDUCED TO 28 FROM 30 AND REFLECTED IN BLOCK 20 OF THIS FORM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA03FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA130), Jun 23, 2003: Boeing 757-232 (N633DL), Tampa, FL, no damage. Probable cause: a torching of the right engine caused by an abnormally high flow fuel during engine start for undetermined reasons. The torching resulted in an unwarranted evacuation of the airplane and serious…

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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