ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 190676
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Date: | Sunday 2 April 1995 |
Time: | 09:13 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |
Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
Registration: | N1768D |
MSN: | 48436/483 |
Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
Total airframe hrs: | 11617 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 109 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
Destination airport: | SDQ |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:American Airline Flight 719, an MD-11 aircraft, had an emergency evacuation following an engine fire while taxiing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York. There were 109 occupants aboard and 35 were injured during the evacuation. The airplane was not damaged. The destination was Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
On taxi-out, while running the taxi checklist, the crew noticed 3 faults: (1) EPCU (Electrical Power Control Unit) fault, (2) number 2 engine anti-ice disagree light, (3) number 2 engine hydraulic pumps 1 and 2 would not come on line. Since resetting the hydraulic pumps had been unsuccessful, the first officer attempted to contact maintenance. Concurrently, the flight crew of a Gulf Air airplane reported to ground control that the number 2 engine had smoke and fire in the tailpipe. The captain directed a shutdown of the engine using the engine fire checklist. Subsequently another aircraft confirmed the existence of fire and smoke. The agent 1 bottle was discharged and following the crash fire rescue confirmation of fire continuing, the agent 2 bottle was discharged and an evacuation was commanded. Of the 99 passengers and crew of 10, 32 passengers were taken to local hospitals, two with major injuries: a broken ankle and a strained vertebrae ligament. Examination of the engine and subsequent test cell running revealed no anomalies. It is believed the number 2 engine experienced a tailpipe fire which may have been corrected through continued motoring of the engine.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Excessive flames/tailpipe fire from the number 2 engine for an unknown reason, which required an emergency evacuation."
Sources:
NTSB
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