# Incident 20040428006519I: Dorner DO328300, New York, NY, April 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N416FJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO328300
- Reported engine: PWA PW306B
- People aboard: 35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,131 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040428006519I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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