# NTSB ENG10WA012: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-82, Turin Airport, Italy, January 3, 2010

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 3, 2010, 14:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Turin Airport, Italy
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75313
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG10WA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75313/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG10WA012

## Factual narrative

On January 3, 2010, about 1430 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the pilots of Meridiana Airlines flight 193, a Boeing MD-80, I-SMEB,reported a smell similar to burning plastic while on the ground with the APU running at the Turin-Caselle Airport, Torino, Italy. No evacuation was conducted, and there were no reported injuries to the 6 crew members. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Agenzia nazionale per la sicurezza del volo (ANSV), Italy. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained on their web site at www.ansv.it/En/Index.asp. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the ANSV.

## Aircraft

- Registration: I-SMEB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-82
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1908
- Damage: Minor damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 129
- Registered owner: Meridiana

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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