Boeing 757-232 accident near Tampa, FL
On June 23, 2003, a Boeing 757-232 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Tampa, FL. 3 people were seriously injured.
- Date
- June 23, 2003
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Aircraft
- Boeing 757-232 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 3 serious, 27 minor
- Damage
- —
- Position
- 27.976°N, 82.533°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030702X00998
Official records · MIA03FA130
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Survival Factors 6 - Attachment 5 (ATC Transcript): Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 23, 2003, about 0710 eastern daylight time, a Boeing 757-232, N633DL, registered to Wilmington Trust Company, operated by Delta Air Lines, Inc., as flight 1036, experienced a passenger-initiated evacuation of the airplane while pushed away from the gate and stopped on the ramp at the Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 121 scheduled, domestic, passenger flight from Tampa International Airport, to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia. The airplane was not damaged and there were no injuries to the captain, first officer, three flight attendants, or 139 passengers (one of whom was a company flight attendant occupying a coach passenger seat). One flight attendant and 26 passengers sustained minor injuries, and three passengers sustained serious injuries as a result of the evacuation. The airplane had pushed back from the gate approximately 3 minutes earlier. The flight data recorder indicates the No. 1 engine was started first following pushback; no abnormalities associated with the engine start were reported by the flightcrew. The captain reported that the tow tug was released from the airplane, and the right engine start sequence commenced. At 0709:07, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recorded the first officer to state "fuels on" followed two seconds later by, "... light off." The fuel cutoff switch was placed to the run position at 25 percent N2, and at 0709:14, the CVR recorded the f
Probable cause
a torching of the right engine caused by an abnormally high flow fuel during engine start for undetermined reasons. The torching resulted in an unwarranted evacuation of the airplane and serious injuries to three passengers . A contributing factor in the accident was the failure of the flightcrew to abort the engine start due to abnormally high fuel flow indication during the right engine start.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
