# Incident 20030810027139I: Aerosp ATR72, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 10, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2003, 19:15 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TRBA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N429AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N429AT-2013-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR-72-212 (registry code 8680946, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-alenia-atr-72-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney 127 (registry code 52132, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-127) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030810027139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/10/03 EXECUTIVES AIRLINES (D/B/A AMERICAN EAGLE) FLIGHT 5244, DEPARTED FROM SAN JUAN TO ST. LUCIA. THIS FLIGHT HAD BEEN DELAYED. IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR 1740, BUT TOOK OFF AT 1915 LOCAL TIME. AFTER TAKE OFF, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT ADVISED THE PILOT THAT SPARKS AND FIRE WERE COMING FROM THE OVERHEAD PANEL AT SEAT ROW 1 CD. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE SAN JUAN ATC TOWER AND IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO SAN JUAN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND EVERYONE WAS EVACUATED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AMERICAN EAGLE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE READING LIGHT PANEL WAS BURNED AT THE TRANSFORMER AREA. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE PANEL HAS BEEN SENT TO AEROSPATIALE (ATR) FOR EVALUATION.

## Other reports on N429AT (1)

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

- [Incident 19960920035269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960920035269I), Sep 20, 1996: Aerosp ATR72212 (N429AT), San Juan, Puerto Rico. Narrative: executive flight 5527 from sju to sdq, made an emergency evacuation at the end of runway 8 due to smoke in the passenger cabin. No injuries was…

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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