# Accident 20151029024049A: Boeing 767-269, Fort Lauderdale, FL, October 29, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2015, 12:32 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Inte
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: 2DYA
- Location: 26.0747° N, 80.1467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0747&lon=-80.1467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251MY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N251MY-2018-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-269 (registry code 1385103, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-269) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7 (registry code 51541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-269
- Reported engine: P & W JT9D-7R4E4
- People aboard: 101
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 23
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA16FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151029024049A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 29, 2015 AT ABOUT 1232 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A BOEING 767-269ER, N251MY, OPERATING AS DYNAMIC INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS FLIGHT 405, CAUGHT FIRE WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE AT FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FLL), FORT LAUDERDALE, FL.  ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND 21 PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THE REMAINING 79 PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL THERMAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE.  FLIGHT 405 WAS A SCHEDULED CHARTER FLIGHT ENROUTE FROM FLL TO CARACAS (CCS), VENEZUELA, OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14CFR PART 121 SUPPLEMENTAL AIR CARRIER REGULATIONS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE AIRCRAFT PUSHED BACK FROM GATE E-9 AND BEGAN TO TAXI.  EVIDENCE GATHERED AT THE TAXIWAY INDICATES THAT THE FUEL LEAK FROM THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN JUST AFTER ENGINE START.  A CREW FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT BEHIND THE DYNAMIC 767 CONTACTED FLL GROUND CONTROL AND REPORTED SEEING A FUEL LEAK FROM THE LEFT SIDE.  THE 767 CREW ACKNOWLEDGED THE REPORT AND STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE TAXIWAY.  THE FIRE ERUPTED SUBSEQUENT TO THE LEFT ENGINE SHUTDOWN.

## 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 DCA16FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16FA013), Oct 29, 2015: Boeing 767 (N251MY), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the separation of the flexible fuel line coupling and subsequent fuel leak due to the failure of maintenance personnel to install the required safety lockwire. Contributing to the severity of 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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