# Incident 20180418025079I: Airbus A330-323, Atlanta, GA, April 18, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2018, 18:08 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.6467° N, 84.4408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6467&lon=-84.4408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N806NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N806NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A330-323 (registry code 3940030, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a330-323) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330-323
- Reported engine: P&W PW4000 SER
- People aboard: 288
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA18LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180418025079I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 18, 2018, AT ABOUT 1809 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A DELTA AIR LINES AIRBUS A330-300,

N806NW, EQUIPPED WITH TWO PRATT & WHITNEY PW4168A-1D ENGINES, EXPERIENCED A NO. 2

ENGINE FIRE DURING INITIAL CLIMB FROM HARTSFIELD-JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KATL), ATLANTA,

GEORGIA. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED A NO. 2 ENGINE FIRE ELECTRONIC CENTRALIZED AIRCRAFT MONITOR

(ECAM) INDICATION AT ABOUT 500 FEET AGL, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, SHUTDOWN THE NO. 2 ENGINE,

DISCHARGED BOTH FIRE BOTTLES, AND INITIATED AN AIR TURN BACK TO KATL. DURING THE RETURN TO ATL,

THE FIRE WARNING INDICATION CLEARED, AND THE AIRPLANE MADE AN UNEVENTFUL OVERWEIGHT SINGLE

ENGINE LANDING. AFTER LANDING, AIRPORT RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING (ARFF) CREWS MET THE AIRPLANE ON

THE RUNWAY AND OBSERVED SMOKE AND FLAMES EMANATING FROM THE NO. 2 ENGINE. ARFF SPRAYED

THE ENGINE WITH FIRE RETARDANT FOAM AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE AIRPLANE WAS TOWED TO THE

GATE AND THE PASSENGERS DISEMBARKED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS OR CREW AND THE

AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 14

CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 121 AND WAS A REGULARLY SCHEDULED FLIGHT FROM KATL TO

LONDON HEATHROW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (EGLL), LONDON, ENGLAND.

## 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 DCA18LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18LA163), Apr 18, 2018: Airbus A330 323 (N806NW), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s delayed landing after an in-flight engine fire, which reignited after both fire bottles were discharged and resulted in substantial damage to an engine pylon. Contributing to 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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