ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364456
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| Date: | Saturday 28 September 1991 |
| Time: | 17:50 LT |
| Type: |  Mcdonnell Douglas MD-82 |
| Owner/operator: | Continental Airlines |
| Registration: | N819NY |
| MSN: | 49479/1279 |
| Engine model: | P&W JT8D217A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 128 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | East Boston, MA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRPLANE WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF, WHEN THE COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE CAPTAIN STOPPED THE AIRPLANE ON A TAXIWAY AND ORDERED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION. AN EXAMINATION REVEALED A FUSE HOLDER FOR A COCKPIT INSTRUMENT HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE FIRE/SMOKE.
Probable Cause: THE MALFUNCTION OF AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT IN THE COCKPIT, WHICH RESULTED IN SMOKE AND THE SUBSEQUENT EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF THE PASSENGERS FROM THE AIRPLANE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC91LA247
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 15:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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