Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 10 July 2003
Aircraft Type: Lockheed P-3C Orion
Owner/operator: United States Navy
Registration Number: 163005
Location: Jacksonville NAS, FL (NIP) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: Oxygen bottles located on the lower fuselage of the aircraft.Oxygen bottles located on the lower fuselage of the aircraft.
Category: Other
A ground maintenance crew servicing oxygen bottles in the cockpit of an aircraft experienced an ignition due to an overheating O2 manifold. A subsequent fire resulted in significant damage to the fuselage.A ground maintenance crew servicing oxygen bottles in the cockpit of an aircraft experienced an ignition due to an overheating O2 manifold. A subsequent fire resulted in significant damage to the fuselage.
Description
The gaseous oxygen bottles for the quick-don oxygen masks in the cockpit, said bottles being accessed from the lower fuselage of the aircraft exterior, were being serviced by a ground maintenance crew when the O2 manifold overheating caused an ignition. A fire in this area of the fuselage subsequently broke out and could not be contained before extensive damage to the airframe occurred.
Primary Cause
Overheating of the O2 manifold caused by a fire.Overheating of the O2 manifold caused by a fire.Share on:
