McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 N569AA

Summary

On 3 February 1988 at about 22:14 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 registered N569AA, operated by American Airlines, was involved in an incident near Nashville, Tennessee, United States. 131 people were on board and 13 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 February 1988 at 22:14

Classification

Incident

Location

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Nashville Metro (BNA)

Coordinates

36.1098, -86.6595

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83

Registration

N569AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

American Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dallas/Ft Worth → Nashville

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA88MZ002

13 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

AMERICAN FLT 132 WAS LOADED WITH UNDECLARED & IMPROPERLY MARKED HAZ MTRL (HM) PACKED IN A FIBER DRUM. IT CONTAINED 5 GALOF 50% HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLUTION (OXIDIZER) & 25 LBS OF TEXTREAT S-W (CORROSIVE AGENT; SODIUM ORTHOSILICATE-BASED MIX),SHIPPED BY TEXTILE TREATMENTS INTL. THE DRUM WAS LOADED ON ITS SIDE IN THE MIDCARGO (CLASS-D) COMPRT. HM LEAKED DRG FLT,CAUSING HEAT. JUST BFR LNDG, SMOKE ENTERED PAX CABIN. THE CAPT (AWARE OF RPRTD APU FUMES ON A PREV FLT) WAS SKEPTICAL OF RPRTD SMOKE. AFTER LNDG, HE NOTIFIED ATC OF PSBL CARGO COMPRT FIRE & REQUESTED CFR. ACFT WAS EVACUATED ON TWY; 4 F/A,9 PAX, 2 CFR & 3 GND PSNL SUFFERED SMOKE INHALATION, EYE IRRITATION OR MINOR INJURY. INV REVEALED SHIPPER LACKED KNOW- LEDGE ABT RESTRNS & RQRMENTS OF SHIPPING HM; PROC INADQT FOR DETECTING UNDECLARED HM SHIPMENTS. LACK OF HEAT/SMOKE DE- TECTION EQUIP & INSUFFICIENT FLT CREW COMM RESULTED IN DELAY OF DETECTING IN-FLT FIRE & DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY. INADQTDESIGN OF CARGO COMPART & ITS LACK OF FIRE EXT RDCD THE ABILITY TO STOP OR PREVENT SPREAD OF FIRE. (SEE: NTSB/HZM-88/02)

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.