Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Dulles International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Chantilly, Virginia 20041
Friday, April 12, 1985 22:20 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
APPROX 25MIN AFT LNDG,FLT 168 WAS CLEARED FOR TKOF ON RWY 30 AT DULLES INTL ARPT. ABT 1MIN LATER THE CREW CALLED FOR AN ABORTED TKOF BECAUSE THE #2 EPR APPEARED SLOW TO SPOOL UP. AFT TAXIING BACK AND RUNNING UP THE ENGINES, FLT 168 ATMPTD A SECOND TKOF. DFDR READOUTS INDICATE THE ACFT GOT UP TO 103KTS BFR THE CAPT ABORTED THE TKOF. THEY ALSO INDICATE LESS THAN NORMAL BRAKING DURING THE PROCEEDING LNDG AND FIRST ABTD TKOF. DRNG THE TAXI BACK TO THE GATE, AT WHICH THE CREW WAS GOING TO HAVE THE EPR GAUGE FIXED, THE PLT NOTICED THE ACFT START TO DRAG TO THE RIGHT. THE ACFT WAS STOPPED AND TRANSMITTED TO THE TOWER THAT THEY NEEDED A MOBILE LOUNGE SENT OUT TO TAXIWAY N1 TO OFFLOAD THEIR PAXS. ABT 40 MINS LATER THE LOUNGE ARRIVED AND NOTICED A FIRE DEVELOPING IN THE RT MAIN WHEEL AREA. THE ACFT WAS EVACUATED USING BOTH CHUTES ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED IMMEDIATELY UPON ARRIVAL OF THE ARPT FIRE TRUCKS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 4/12/1985 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 2220 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | CHANTILLY |
| Event State | VIRGINIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 20041 |
| Event Date Year | 1985 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | DULLES INTERNATIONAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | IAD |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 313 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2300 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 45 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | IAD |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 313 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Bright |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 13 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 8 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 160 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 107 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5079 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Apr 13 1985 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 145 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 30910 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N434PE |
| NTSB Number | BFO85IA035 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BOEING |
| Aircraft Model | 737-217 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 737-217 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 19887 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 96500 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 130 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 12 1985 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 4 |
| Airframe Hours | 43302 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | |
| Aircraft Owner City | |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | PEOPLE EXPRESS |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Operator City | NEWARK |
| Operator State | NJ |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 07114 |
| Operator Code | PEXA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | EWR |
| Destination City | NEWARK |
| Destination State | NJ |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Standing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 20 2002 12:42PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 30 |
| Runway Length | 10001 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |