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Attributes | |
ACN | 126953 |
Time | |
Date | 198910 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : lga |
State Reference | NY |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1000 |
ASRS Report | 126953 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 55 flight time total : 14700 |
ASRS Report | 126939 |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Taxiing to the gate during APU start. F/a called on interphone and stated passenger were reporting flames over right wing. APU shut down and fire bottle discharged. Strong odor of fire/smoke detected in cockpit. Passenger evacuate/evacuation ordered, emergency equipment called, checklist completed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ON TAXI TO GATE AFTER LNDG, LGT HAD APU TORCH. EMERGENCY EVACUATION.
Narrative: TAXIING TO THE GATE DURING APU START. F/A CALLED ON INTERPHONE AND STATED PAX WERE RPTING FLAMES OVER RIGHT WING. APU SHUT DOWN AND FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. STRONG ODOR OF FIRE/SMOKE DETECTED IN COCKPIT. PAX EVAC ORDERED, EMER EQUIP CALLED, CHKLIST COMPLETED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.