# Incident 20171010016419I: Boeing 737-8H4, Phoenix, AZ, October 10, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2017, 07:30 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Skyharbor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8621A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8621A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-8H4 (registry code 138440A, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B27E series (registry code 13078, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b27e-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-8H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E
- People aboard: 142
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171010016419I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/10/2017  SWAA TECHNICAL OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR STATED THAT SWA FLIGHT SWA922 AIRCRAFT N8621A ARRIVED IN PHX AT 0655 LOCAL.  WHILE BOARDING PASSENGERS FOR FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 THE GPU PLUG SHORTED INTERNALLY AND STARTED A FIRE WHILE PLUGGED INTO THE AIRCRAFT.  RAMP PERSONAL IMMEDIATELY CUT POWER AND USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  THE SUPERVISOR STATED HE NOTICED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THAT POINT. WHEN HE ARRIVED THE FIRE WAS OUT.   HE STATES HE THEN REMOVED THE PLUG FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND QUICKLY ASSESSED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ON FIRE AND NO OTHER IMMEDIATE DANGER EXISTED.  THE FLIGHT CREW AND OPERATIONS WERE NOTIFIED TO START REMOVING PASSENGERS.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER AND ACCESSED THAT NO RESIDUAL HEAT REMAINED IN THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELOCATED TO THE HANGAR FOR DAMAGE INSPECTION AND REPAIR.

MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS EVALUATED, REPAIRED AND APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE ON 10/12/2017.

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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