Boeing 737-200 N409PE

Summary

On 4 January 1987 at about 06:15 local time, a Boeing 737-200 registered N409PE was involved in an incident near Newark, New Jersey, United States. 108 people were on board and 10 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 January 1987 at 06:15

Classification

Incident

Location

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Newark (EWR)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737-200

Registration

N409PE

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Norfolk → Newark

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

NYC87IA087

10 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING DESCENT PRIOR TO THE APPROACH TO NEWARK, NJ THE B737 CREW ATTEMPTED TO START THE APU. THE APU FAILED TO START. DURING LNDG ROLL ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO START THE APU RESULTED IN A FIRE WARNING LIGHT. THE FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED BUT THE FIRE WARNING REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CAPT ORDERED AN EVACUATION WHILE PARKED ON A TAXIWAY. SOME PASSENGERS EXITED THRU THE OVERWING EXIT ON THEIR OWN. SOME OF THESE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED GETTING OFF ON THE WING. INSPECTION OF THE APU REVEALED NO FIRE DAMAGE. POST ACC TEST RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE UNIT HAD TURBINE BLADES BURNED AND ERODED, FUEL CONTROL CRACKING PRESSURE SET HIGHER THAN SPECIFIED, AND THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS WIRES TO THE FUEL SOLENOID CONNECTOR WERE REVERSED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.