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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-7H4 · Santa Ana, CA · February 12, 2018

Date: February 12, 2018 · 19:00 local
Place: Santa Ana, CA
Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Coun
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: SWAA
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N906WN
Reported as: Boeing 737-7H4
Reported engine: CFM International CFM56-7B24
People aboard: 144
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 6
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,189 total12,189 in this make and model141 in the last 90 days

N906WNRegistered now · Boeing 737-7H4S/N 36887 · Built 2008 Airframe modelBoeing 737-7H4 Engine modelCFM International CFM56-7B24 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Initial reports state ground crew pushed back aircraft from gate. Lost APU power. CA attempted to restart APU. Ground crew notified CA of APU fire. CA attempted to contact fa via interphone but unable due to a/c on battery power. CA directed fo to open cockpit door and initiate evacuation. Fas in cabin delivering safety demo at this time. All exits opened including overwing window exits. Psgrs and crew evacuated via slides. Aft service door unusable due to slide not fully deployed. Six psgrs with minor injuries.

As the FAA filed it

INITIAL REPORTS STATE GROUND CREW PUSHED BACK AIRCRAFT FROM GATE. LOST APU POWER. CA ATTEMPTED TO RESTART APU. GROUND CREW NOTIFIED CA OF APU FIRE. CA ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT FA VIA INTERPHONE BUT UNABLE DUE TO A/C ON BATTERY POWER. CA DIRECTED FO TO OPEN COCKPIT DOOR AND INITIATE EVACUATION. FAS IN CABIN DELIVERING SAFETY DEMO AT THIS TIME. ALL EXITS OPENED INCLUDING OVERWING WINDOW EXITS. PSGRS AND CREW EVACUATED VIA SLIDES. AFT SERVICE DOOR UNUSABLE DUE TO SLIDE NOT FULLY DEPLOYED. SIX PSGRS WITH MINOR INJURIES.