# Incident 20110130002879I: Bombardier CL-600-2C10, San Antonio, TX, January 30, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2011, 14:40 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio Int.
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N514MJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER CL-600-2C10
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110130002879I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 30, 2011, A BOMBARDIER MODEL CL-600 AIRCRAFT OPERATING FOR MESA AIRLINES CERT. (MASA) DEPARTED CHICAGO O'HARE (ORD) FLIGHT NUMBER 7195 TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AIRPORT (SAT).   UPON ARRIVAL AND DURING PREPARING TO DEPLANE PAX, THE GROUND HANDLER CONNECTING THE EXTERNAL APU UNIT EXPERIENCED ARCING BETWEEN THE RECEPTACLE AND THE JET-WAY POWER CORD.  THE ARCING CAUSED FLAMES AND SMOKE.   THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED AND EXTINGUISHED BY THE GROUND CREW PERSONNEL.  ALL PAX WERE REPORTED UNINJURED, AS THEY MADE AN URGENT EVACUATION TO THE JET-WAY.  ONE GROUND CONTRACTING HANDLER RECEIVED MINOR BURNS TO HIS HAND.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE APU CONNECTING RECEPTACLE.

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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