Accident · 2002-03-31
What the record says
- Event date
- 2002-03-31
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (N809DE)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The failure of the aircraft operator to comply with, in a timely manner, on the No. 2 engine, Boeing Alert Service Bulletin MD11-71A086, resulting in the integrated drive generator feeder cable chaffing through a fire warning loop and failure of the fire warning system due to electrical damage. This resulted in a continuous indication in the cockpit of a No. 2 engine fire, an emergency descent and landing, and injuries to passengers during the subsequent emergency evacuation of the airplane.
Source: NTSB case MIA02FA075Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.