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Passenger information announcement triggered by an apparent APU fire causes some panic in an F100 after taxiing into the gate. Some passenger perform an uncoord evacuate/evacuation using the overwing emergency exits.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 357862 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 357862 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 357861 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
While in the ramp area, inbound to gate, the aircraft experienced an APU automatic shutdown followed by an APU fault message annunciation. After parking at the gate, we were informed by ground personnel that they had seen fire and smoke coming from the right rear side of the aircraft. I told the first officer to call for fire/rescue equipment and made a PA announcement instructing the flight attendants to get everyone off the aircraft through the main cabin door. Passenger started to exit the aircraft via the main cabin door and overwing hatches. At no time were passenger ever ordered by me or the flight attendants to evacuate/evacuation over the wings. Approximately 15- 20 people exited over wing before we could stop this method of egress and get the rest of the passenger out the main cabin door. Station personnel got all passenger safely inside the terminal where only one person reported an apparently minor injury. She was treated by paramedics.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PAX INFO ANNOUNCEMENT TRIGGERED BY AN APPARENT APU FIRE CAUSES SOME PANIC IN AN F100 AFTER TAXIING INTO THE GATE. SOME PAX PERFORM AN UNCOORD EVAC USING THE OVERWING EMER EXITS.
Narrative: WHILE IN THE RAMP AREA, INBOUND TO GATE, THE ACFT EXPERIENCED AN APU AUTO SHUTDOWN FOLLOWED BY AN APU FAULT MESSAGE ANNUNCIATION. AFTER PARKING AT THE GATE, WE WERE INFORMED BY GND PERSONNEL THAT THEY HAD SEEN FIRE AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE R REAR SIDE OF THE ACFT. I TOLD THE FO TO CALL FOR FIRE/RESCUE EQUIP AND MADE A PA ANNOUNCEMENT INSTRUCTING THE FLT ATTENDANTS TO GET EVERYONE OFF THE ACFT THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. PAX STARTED TO EXIT THE ACFT VIA THE MAIN CABIN DOOR AND OVERWING HATCHES. AT NO TIME WERE PAX EVER ORDERED BY ME OR THE FLT ATTENDANTS TO EVAC OVER THE WINGS. APPROX 15- 20 PEOPLE EXITED OVER WING BEFORE WE COULD STOP THIS METHOD OF EGRESS AND GET THE REST OF THE PAX OUT THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. STATION PERSONNEL GOT ALL PAX SAFELY INSIDE THE TERMINAL WHERE ONLY ONE PERSON RPTED AN APPARENTLY MINOR INJURY. SHE WAS TREATED BY PARAMEDICS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.