# Accident 20080628839489A: Boeing 767281, San Francisco, CA, June 28, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2008, 22:12 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ABXA
- Location: 37.6108° N, 122.3797° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6108&lon=-122.3797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N799AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N799AX-2009-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-200 (registry code 1385120, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767281
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,800 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA08MA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08MA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080628839489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 28, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 2212 PDT, AN ABX AIR FLIGHT CREW OF A B767-281 (N799AX) OPERATINGS AS CARGO FLIGHT 1611 OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSFO) REPORTED HEARING A "POP" FOLLOWED BY VERY LOUD AIR NOISE FROM THE SUPERNUMERARY AREA DURING EXECUTION OF THE PRESTART CHECKLIST.  THE FIRST OFFICER OPENED THE COCKPIT DOOR AND OBSERVED DENSE SMOKE AND FLAMES IN THE CEILING OF THE SUPERNUMERARY AREA TO THE RIGHT OF THE 3 SEATS.  THE SMOKE AND FIRE ESCALATED RAPIDLY AND THE CREW ESCAPED THE AIRCRAFT, AFTER PERFORMING THE EMERGNECY FIRE AND EVACUATION CHECKLIST, THROUGH THE COCKPIT SIDE WINDOWS.  THE AIRPORT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING (ARFF) UNIT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FORWARD OF THE 9G CARGO NET, WITH THE SUPERNUMERARY AREA SUSTAINING THE WORST DAMAGE.  THE LAVATORY AND SUPERNUMERARY SEATING AREA WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND FIRE HAD PERFORATED THE AIRCRAFT'S CROWN ABOVE THE SUPERNUMERARY AREA AND THE FLOOR BELOW IT, ALTHOUGH THE E/E BAY WAS NOT DAMAGED.  THE FORWARD CARGO BINS HAD SOOT AND SMOKE DEPOSITS AND SOME THERMAL DAMAGE, BUT THE CONTENTS WERE RELATIVELY UNHARMED.

## 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 DCA08MA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08MA076), Jun 28, 2008: Boeing 767 (N799AX), San Francisco, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The design of the supplemental oxygen system hoses and the lack of positive separation between electrical wiring and electrically conductive oxygen system components. The lack of positive separation…

## Other reports on N799AX (1)

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

- [Incident 20070825019769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070825019769I), Aug 25, 2007: Boeing 767200 (N799AX), Newark, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) Interviewed dhl ramp manager [privacy data omitted] on 8/31/07, who stated that the incident was entirely the fault of the dhl crew marshalling the…

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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