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A B737-300 parked after landing waiting for a gate declared an emergency and evacuated due to complete electrical failure and fire and smoke from circuit breaker behind first officer's seat.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 648034 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200502 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lga.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 648034 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Aircraft just landed and was awaiting access to gate in ZZZ. Crew heard loud pop followed by complete electrical failure. First officer discovered smoke and fire coming from circuit breaker panel behind his seat. Captain discharged halon fire extinguisher. Emergency vehicles were called. Passenger and crew evacuated aircraft by emergency chutes. No injuries. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: aircraft was parked waiting for a gate assignment when the aircraft lost complete electrical power. Smoke came from the circuit breaker panel behind the first officer's seat accompanied by a flame 8 inches in length curling up the front surface of the circuit breaker panel. Halon bottle was used by the captain to extinguish fire. The 48 passenger plus crew were evacuated using the escape slides with no injuries to passenger or crew. All of the escape slides functioned normally. The cause of the smoke and fire was a circuit breaker labeled 'ground cooling.' the breaker was removed and sent to boeing for study.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 PARKED AFTER LNDG WAITING FOR A GATE DECLARED AN EMER AND EVACUATED DUE TO COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND FIRE AND SMOKE FROM CIRCUIT BREAKER BEHIND FO'S SEAT.
Narrative: ACFT JUST LANDED AND WAS AWAITING ACCESS TO GATE IN ZZZ. CREW HEARD LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. FO DISCOVERED SMOKE AND FIRE COMING FROM CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL BEHIND HIS SEAT. CAPT DISCHARGED HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHER. EMER VEHICLES WERE CALLED. PAX AND CREW EVACUATED ACFT BY EMER CHUTES. NO INJURIES. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: ACFT WAS PARKED WAITING FOR A GATE ASSIGNMENT WHEN THE ACFT LOST COMPLETE ELECTRICAL POWER. SMOKE CAME FROM THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL BEHIND THE FO'S SEAT ACCOMPANIED BY A FLAME 8 INCHES IN LENGTH CURLING UP THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. HALON BOTTLE WAS USED BY THE CAPT TO EXTINGUISH FIRE. THE 48 PAX PLUS CREW WERE EVACUATED USING THE ESCAPE SLIDES WITH NO INJURIES TO PAX OR CREW. ALL OF THE ESCAPE SLIDES FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE AND FIRE WAS A CIRCUIT BREAKER LABELED 'GND COOLING.' THE BREAKER WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO BOEING FOR STUDY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.