Incident Overview

Date: Sunday 2 August 2009
Aircraft Type: Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia
Owner/operator: Capital Airlines Ltd.
Registration Number: 5N-BLN
Location: Enugu Airport (ENU) – ÿ Nigeria
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33
Component Affected: Right engine of the Embraer 120RT BrasiliaRight engine of the Embraer 120RT Brasilia
Category: Accident
An Embraer 120RT Brasilia experienced a fire incident at Enugu Airport (ENU) in Nigeria. Upon initial engine start, ground staff detected excessive smoke from the right engine, prompting the pilot to shut down the engines. The pilot deployed the fire extinguisher and initiated an evacuation of the aircraft. Two passengers sustained injuries during the evacuation.An Embraer 120RT Brasilia experienced a fire incident at Enugu Airport (ENU) in Nigeria. Upon initial engine start, ground staff detected excessive smoke from the right engine, prompting the pilot to shut down the engines. The pilot deployed the fire extinguisher and initiated an evacuation of the aircraft. Two passengers sustained injuries during the evacuation.

Description

An Embraer 120RT Brasilia sustained damage in an accident at Enugu Airport (ENU), Nigeria. When the pilot started the engines, the ground staff immediately signalled to the pilot to shut down the engines when they noticed unusual amount of smoke from the exhaust of the right engine. The pilot activated the engine’s fire extinguisher and ordered an evacuation of the airplane. Two passengers were said to have sustained injuries during the evacuation. The airplane was likely ferried to Lagos Airport as it was seen there in storage in October 2009 after the airline was forced to suspend all flights because it failed to meet the NCAA (Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority) requirement of having more than one operational aircraft. The airplane was removed in June 2013 and transported by road, reportedly to be dismantled.

Source of Information

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/abuja-bound-passengers-crew-escape-fire-in-plane/, http://web.archive.org/web/20130920020008/http://www.africanspotlight.com/2013/06/13/scrap-plane-being-towed-causes-panic-in-lagos-photos/http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/abuja-bound-passengers-crew-escape-fire-in-plane/, http://web.archive.org/web/20130920020008/http://www.africanspotlight.com/2013/06/13/scrap-plane-being-towed-causes-panic-in-lagos-photos/

Primary Cause

Exhaust smoke from the right engine during engine start.Exhaust smoke from the right engine during engine start.

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