# Incident 20041029028789I: Boeing 727225, Raleigh-Durham, NC, October 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2004, 22:21 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C1HA
- Location: 35.7721° N, 78.6386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Raleigh, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7721&lon=-78.6386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N679MG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N679MG-2008-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041029028789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/29/04 AT APPROX 2221 LOCAL N679MG, A BOEING 727-225 AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING RALEIGH-DURHAM AIRPORT (RDU) AND WAS ENROUTE TO PARKERSBURG, WV (PKB) WHEN A FIRE IGNITED IN SEAT 14A OF THE PASSENGER CABIN. THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY A 9 VOLT LITHIUM CAMERA BATTERY, WHICH ACCORDING TO WITNESS EXPLODED AND THE SHRAPNEL IGNITED THE SEAT ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND ON BOARD PERSONNEL. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO RDU AIRPORT WHERE THEY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. N679MG IS OPERATED BY CHAMPION AIR, A FAR 121 SUPPLEMENTAL AIR CARRIER AND WAS CHARTERED TO CARRY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^          AFTER LANDING BACK AT RDU THE FIRE WAS EVALUATED BY AIRPORT FIRE RESCUE, AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE FULLY EXTINGUISHED. THE SEAT ASSEMBLY WAS PLACED ON THE MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST (MEL) BY ON BOARD MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N679MG (1)

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

- [Accident 20051022028229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051022028229A), Oct 22, 2005: Boeing 727225 (N679MG), San Antonio, TX. (-23) The pilot in command of champion flight 2701 called ground control for taxi from piedmont north FBO. The tower tape indicates he was given taxi…

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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