- Date
- January 28, 1987, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 38 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N101EXBritish BAC 1-11 201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870128009809I
- Case key
- 31790
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After landing the auxiliary power unit was started and the number one engine was shutdown. The aircraft then began to pressurize and fill with smoke. An emergency evacuation was ordered by the captain through L-1 and R-1 doors. The slide at R-1 did not work and all crew and passengers exited through L-1. Post incident examination revealed the number one generator trip relay failed not allowing APU electrical power to feed the number one buss. This buss supplies power to the pressurization outflow valve and cooling fans for the air conditioning packs. The air conditioning packs overheated causing smoke to be emitted through the air conditioning ducts. The R-1 door slide was found to not have the manual or automatic activation controls connected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101EX
- Reported as
- British BAC 1-11 201 (BAC 1-11 2)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 007
- Airframe hours
- 40,642
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce SPEY 506-14A, 10,400 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Florida Express,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Florida Express Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 25, 1987 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MCO · Orlando International, runway 18, 12,004 × 200 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,100 total · 1,150 in this make and model · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N101EX · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.