
Détails:
The DC-10 was unloaded following a charter flight. Company maintenance personnel had placed damaged passenger seatbacks (incorporating solid-state chemical oxygen generators) in the forward cargo hold with seat covers and oil. A company mechanic examined the seatbacks to find a serviceable unit. He encountered a loose oxygen generator, which he handled improperly by its oxygen hose. The generator went off by accident, generating a 430deg C heat. Seat covers ignited and the fire eventually burned through the cabin floor. The cabin was soon engulfed in flames.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "
Oxygen system .. information insufficient .. company maintenance personnel
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
Supervision .. improper .. company/operator management
Lack of familiarity with aircraft .. company/operator management
Tie down .. improper .. company/operator management
Oxygen system .. not understood .. company maintenance personnel
Lack of familiarity with aircraft .. company maintenance personnel"
» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/88 (#52)
» NTSB/AAR-87/03/SUM
accident date: 10-08-1986
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40
registration: N184AT
accident date: 10-08-1986
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40
registration: N184AT
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | dimanche 10 août 1986 |
| Heure: | 07:15 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 |
| Compagnie: | American Trans Air |
| Immatriculation: | N184AT |
| Numéro de série: | 46751/36 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1973 |
| Heures de vol: | 29155 |
| Moteurs: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-20 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En attente (STD) |
| Nature: | Charter National |
| Aéroport de départ: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 131 |
The DC-10 was unloaded following a charter flight. Company maintenance personnel had placed damaged passenger seatbacks (incorporating solid-state chemical oxygen generators) in the forward cargo hold with seat covers and oil. A company mechanic examined the seatbacks to find a serviceable unit. He encountered a loose oxygen generator, which he handled improperly by its oxygen hose. The generator went off by accident, generating a 430deg C heat. Seat covers ignited and the fire eventually burned through the cabin floor. The cabin was soon engulfed in flames.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "
Oxygen system .. information insufficient .. company maintenance personnel
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
Supervision .. improper .. company/operator management
Lack of familiarity with aircraft .. company/operator management
Tie down .. improper .. company/operator management
Oxygen system .. not understood .. company maintenance personnel
Lack of familiarity with aircraft .. company maintenance personnel"
Accident investigation:

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Sources:
» Aviation Letter 238» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/88 (#52)
» NTSB/AAR-87/03/SUM
Photos
accident date: 10-08-1986
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40
registration: N184AT
accident date: 10-08-1986
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40
registration: N184AT
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Los Angeles International Airport, CA et Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL est de 2784 km (1740 miles).
La distance entre Los Angeles International Airport, CA et Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL est de 2784 km (1740 miles).
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