# NTSB BFO85IA035: Boeing 737-217, N434PE, Chantilly, VA, April 13, 1985

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: April 12, 1985, 22:20 local (Apr 13, 1985, 03:20 UTC)
- Place: Chantilly, VA
- Location: 38.9445° N, 77.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9445&lon=-77.4558&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 107 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11149
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO85IA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11149/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85IA035

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, taxi
  - landing gear,normal brake system - binding(mechanical) (cause)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - overtemperature (cause)
  - landing gear,tire - failure,partial (cause)
- Fire, standing - engine(s) operating
  - landing gear,tire - pressure excessive (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,tire - failure,partial (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,tire - fire (contributing factor)

## Analysis

APPROX 25MIN AFT LNDG,FLT 168 WAS CLEARED FOR TKOF ON RWY 30 AT DULLES INTL ARPT. ABT 1MIN LATER THE CREW CALLED FOR AN ABORTED TKOF BECAUSE THE #2 EPR APPEARED SLOW TO SPOOL UP. AFT TAXIING BACK AND RUNNING UP THE ENGINES, FLT 168 ATMPTD A SECOND TKOF. DFDR READOUTS INDICATE THE ACFT GOT UP TO 103KTS BFR THE CAPT ABORTED THE TKOF. THEY ALSO INDICATE LESS THAN NORMAL BRAKING DURING THE PROCEEDING LNDG AND FIRST ABTD TKOF. DRNG THE TAXI BACK TO THE GATE, AT WHICH THE CREW WAS GOING TO HAVE THE EPR GAUGE FIXED, THE PLT NOTICED THE ACFT START TO DRAG TO THE RIGHT. THE ACFT WAS STOPPED AND TRANSMITTED TO THE TOWER THAT THEY NEEDED A MOBILE LOUNGE SENT OUT TO TAXIWAY N1 TO OFFLOAD THEIR PAXS. ABT 40 MINS LATER THE LOUNGE ARRIVED AND NOTICED A FIRE DEVELOPING IN THE RT MAIN WHEEL AREA. THE ACFT WAS EVACUATED USING BOTH CHUTES ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED IMMEDIATELY UPON ARRIVAL OF THE ARPT FIRE TRUCKS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N434PE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-217
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19887
- Airframe hours: 43302
- Engines: P&W JT8D-9A 14500 lbs thrust turbo jet
- Damage: Minor damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: People Express, doing business as North Terminal
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Last inspection: AAIP, April 12, 1985, 4 hours before
- Destination: EWR, NEWARK, NJ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: IAD, Dulles International, runway 30, 10,001 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 6,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: IAD, 1 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19850412019269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850412019269I), Apr 12, 1985: Boeing 737*, Washington, DC, Minor damage. Takeoffs aborted due to epr reading. Brake overheated, tire deflated and caught fire. Replaced epr gauge.

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.

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