# Incident 20101109055849I: Boeing 787-8, Laredo, TX, November 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2010, 13:53 local time
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Airport: Laredo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: P12B
- Location: 27.5442° N, 99.4616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAREDO INTL (LRD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5442&lon=-99.4616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N787BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N787BA-2015-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 787-8 (registry code 05628NI, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-787-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TRENT-1000 series (registry code 54544, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-trent-1000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 787-8
- People aboard: 42
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101109055849I

## Narrative

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

DURING PLANNED FLIGHT TESTS AS PART OF ITS CERTIFICATION EVALUATION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO LUBBOCK, TX AIRPORT, WHEN A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE P100 ELECTRICAL PANEL LOCATED IN THE AFT E & E BAY.  THE FIRE SELF-EXTINGUISHED IN APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS. THE FIRE WAS LATER BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A SHORT IN THE P100 POWER PANEL DUE TO THE INADVERTANT INTRODUCTION OF METAL SHAVINGS INTO THE PANEL. THE FIRE DAMAGED THE P100 PANEL, INSULATION BLANKETS, AND PORTIONS OF STRINGERS #31, 32, & 33.  THE FIRE DID NOT BREACH THE AIRCRAFT SKIN AND WAS CONFINED TO THE P100 PANEL BOX AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING SUPPORT STRUCTURE.  THERE WAS NO BURN THROUGH OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT SKIN OR FLOOR.

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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