Boeing 767 N799AX

Summary

On 28 June 2008 at about 17:15 local time, a Boeing 767 registered N799AX, operated by ABX Air, was involved in an accident near San Francisco, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 June 2008 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

Nearest airport

San Francisco International (SFO)

Coordinates

37.6108, -122.3797

Aircraft

Boeing 767

Registration

N799AX

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

ABX Air

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

DCA08MA076

Nobody was injured.

The design of the supplemental oxygen system hoses and the lack of positive separation between electrical wiring and electrically conductive oxygen system components. The lack of positive separation allowed a short circuit to breach a combustible oxygen hose, release oxygen, and initiate a fire in the supernumerary compartment that rapidly spread to other areas. Contributing to this accident was the Federal Aviation Administration’s failure to require the installation of nonconductive oxygen hoses after the safety issue concerning conductive hoses was initially identified by Boeing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Safety Board’s full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/A_Acc1.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-09/04/SUM. On June 28, 2008, about 2215 Pacific daylight time, an ABX Air Boeing 767-200, N799AX, operating as flight 1611 from San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, experienced a ground fire before engine startup. The captain and the first officer evacuated the airplane through the cockpit windows and were not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The cargo flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121. At the time of the fire, the airplane was parked near a loading facility, all of the cargo to be transported on the flight had been loaded, and the doors had been shut.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.