# Incident 20220311012649I: Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88, Iag, NY, March 11, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2022, 18:55 local time
- Place: Iag, NY
- Airport: Niagara Falls International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: Y2PA
- Location: 43.1084° N, 78.9462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NIAGARA FALLS INTL (IAG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1084&lon=-78.9462&mi=10
- Aircraft: N832US, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N832US) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88 (registry code 3023688, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-88) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 (registry code 51694, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-219) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD-88
- Reported engine: P & W JT8D SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,400 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220311012649I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 11, 2022 AT 5:42 LOCAL 2242Z, AN INCIDENT INVOLVING^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NIAGARA FALLS NY (IAG) TO WILLOW RUN AIRPORT, DETROIT MI (YIP) AN MD-88^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OCCURRED DURING TAXI ON TAXIWAY DELTA. THE CREW WAS NOTIFIED BY ATC OF AN ORANGE GLOW FROM ENGINE TWO (2).  INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THE CREW WAS PERFORMING OF A CROSS BLEED ENGINE START. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED WHEN ATC DISPATCHED FIRE RESCUE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE FOUR (4) CREW ON BOARD, CAPTAIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND 2 LOAD SPECIALISTS. THERE WAS NO EVACUATION OR IMPACT TO GROUND OPERATIONS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM TAXIWAY WITH CREW STILL ON BOARD. WEATHER AT 00:53 Z WAS WIND 8 MPH FROM THE WEST, TEMPERATURE 32F, VISIBILITY 1 MILE, LIGHT SNOW, FEW CLOUDS AT 500?, BROKEN CLOUDS AT1400?

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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