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Failure on air conditioning pack at the blocks before departure as passengers were boarding. Packs were turned off and passengers evacuated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 84163 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198803 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : abq |
| State Reference | NM |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13500 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 84163 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 1700 |
| ASRS Report | 83816 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
While boarding passenger our push back crew noted sparks coming from the area of the right a/C pack cooling fan. F/a's reported smoke/haze in the cabin. The a/C packs were turned off and the ground crew reported smoke in the fan area. I elected to deplane the passenger via the main entry door. There were numerous elderly passenger and I noted a bottle neck developing and requested the F/a's deplane some passenger through the aft airstairs. As a precaution fire equipment was called. There were no abnormal indications of any sort in the cockpit.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FAILURE ON AIR CONDITIONING PACK AT THE BLOCKS BEFORE DEP AS PASSENGERS WERE BOARDING. PACKS WERE TURNED OFF AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED.
Narrative: WHILE BOARDING PAX OUR PUSH BACK CREW NOTED SPARKS COMING FROM THE AREA OF THE RIGHT A/C PACK COOLING FAN. F/A'S REPORTED SMOKE/HAZE IN THE CABIN. THE A/C PACKS WERE TURNED OFF AND THE GND CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE FAN AREA. I ELECTED TO DEPLANE THE PAX VIA THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR. THERE WERE NUMEROUS ELDERLY PAX AND I NOTED A BOTTLE NECK DEVELOPING AND REQUESTED THE F/A'S DEPLANE SOME PAX THROUGH THE AFT AIRSTAIRS. AS A PRECAUTION FIRE EQUIP WAS CALLED. THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS OF ANY SORT IN THE COCKPIT.
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.