20040428006519I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dorner DO328300 · New York, NY · April 28, 2004

Date: April 28, 2004 · 17:30 local
Place: New York, NY
Airport: John F Kennedy International
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: VTZA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N416FJ
Reported as: Dorner DO328300
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PW306B
People aboard: 35
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,131 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) 4/28/2004, Aircraft parked on ramp during ramp turn around. Ground power electrical unit attached to aircraft providing electrical power. Power unit positioned on right side of aircraft nose, electrical cable routed under nose of aircraft forward of nose gear wheels and attached to aircraft. Prior to departure, a tug was attached to power unit to remove power unit from area, late bag arrived and ramp agent proceeded to use tug to deliver bag. Power unit electrical cable came in contact with nose gear left hand follow up door while power still applied to the aircraft and agent drove away, cable was cut by sharp metal strip securing door seal, metal contact caused electrical fire in area of left follow up door. Fire was extinguished by airport fire rescue. Aircraft was evacuated, no passenger injuries were sustained. Evacuation was successful.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) 4/28/2004, AIRCRAFT PARKED ON RAMP DURING RAMP TURN AROUND. GROUND POWER ELECTRICAL UNIT ATTACHED TO AIRCRAFT PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER. POWER UNIT POSITIONED ON RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT NOSE, ELECTRICAL CABLE ROUTED UNDER NOSE OF AIRCRAFT FORWARD OF NOSE GEAR WHEELS AND ATTACHED TO AIRCRAFT. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, A TUG WAS ATTACHED TO POWER UNIT TO REMOVE POWER UNIT FROM AREA, LATE BAG ARRIVED AND RAMP AGENT PROCEEDED TO USE TUG TO DELIVER BAG. POWER UNIT ELECTRICAL CABLE CAME IN CONTACT WITH NOSE GEAR LEFT HAND FOLLOW UP DOOR WHILE POWER STILL APPLIED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND AGENT DROVE AWAY, CABLE WAS CUT BY SHARP METAL STRIP SECURING DOOR SEAL, METAL CONTACT CAUSED ELECTRICAL FIRE IN AREA OF LEFT FOLLOW UP DOOR. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY AIRPORT FIRE RESCUE. AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED, NO PASSENGER INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. EVACUATION WAS SUCCESSFUL.