Boeing 767 N196DN

Summary

On 16 June 2010 at about 13:30 local time, a Boeing 767 registered N196DN, operated by Delta Air Lines Inc, was involved in an incident near Athens, Greece. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 June 2010 at 13:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Athens, Greece

Nearest airport

Eleftherios Venizelos Internat (LGAV)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 767

Registration

N196DN

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Delta Air Lines Inc

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Athens → Athens

Aircraft damage

Minor

NTSB number

ENG10IA038

Nobody was injured.

A short circuit involving the light in position L3 on the squib test panel. The specific cause of the short circuit could not be determined.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On June 16, 2010, at 1330 UTC, a Delta Air Lines B767-332ER experienced a cockpit fire during preflight preparations at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (LGAV). The fire occurred prior to passenger boarding, and there were no injuries to the 3 flight crew and an unknown number of cleaning crew personnel on board the aircraft. During the preflight process, the first officer smelled smoke and then observed a flame coming out from the right sidewall accessory panel. He extinguished the fire by using a halon fire extinguisher. The investigation was delgated to the NTSB by the Hellenic Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board. The panels involved with the fire were examined in Boeing’s Engineering Quality Analysis (EQA) laboratory in Seattle, WA under the direction of the NTSB. The damage on the squib test panel was most severe around the light in position L3. Based on the damage to L3, it could not be determined if a short initiated as a result of physical damage, a conductive path of contaminants, a workmanship error that may have been created when L3 was removed and replaced, or a manufacturing defect with the lamp itself.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.