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An ATR72 first officer reported that, during taxi in at dfw, a large fireball accompanied by a large amount of smoke was reported to crash fire rescue equipment, but not to the crew. They had taxied and deplaned their passenger before finding out something was wrong.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 458015 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199912 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | ATR 72 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 458015 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other other : 4 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Airport ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Narrative:
On taxi in, #1 engine was reported as having a large fireball and a large amount of smoke. We were not aware until crash fire rescue equipment had arrived at aircraft and passenger had already been deplaned. We, the flight crew, were literally the last to know. Ramp personnel gathered around the aircraft and pointed and used unknown hand signals to communicate what was happening. Operations dispatched crash fire rescue equipment and tried to raise us on company frequency, but we were on ramp frequency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ATR72 FO RPTED THAT, DURING TAXI IN AT DFW, A LARGE FIREBALL ACCOMPANIED BY A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS RPTED TO CFR, BUT NOT TO THE CREW. THEY HAD TAXIED AND DEPLANED THEIR PAX BEFORE FINDING OUT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
Narrative: ON TAXI IN, #1 ENG WAS RPTED AS HAVING A LARGE FIREBALL AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE. WE WERE NOT AWARE UNTIL CFR HAD ARRIVED AT ACFT AND PAX HAD ALREADY BEEN DEPLANED. WE, THE FLC, WERE LITERALLY THE LAST TO KNOW. RAMP PERSONNEL GATHERED AROUND THE ACFT AND POINTED AND USED UNKNOWN HAND SIGNALS TO COMMUNICATE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. OPS DISPATCHED CFR AND TRIED TO RAISE US ON COMPANY FREQ, BUT WE WERE ON RAMP FREQ.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.