Cebu Pacific AT72 at Manila on Jan 7th 2009, engine fire
Last Update: September 19, 2015 / 16:51:33 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 7, 2009
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine fire
Airline
Cebu Pacific Air
Flight number
5J-893
Departure
Manila, Philippines
Destination
Caticlan, Philippines
Aircraft Registration
RP-C7250
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The flight was cancelled, the passengers rebooked onto the next flight.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) released their executive summary of the final report concluding the probable cause of the incident was:
It was determined that the probable cause of the fire was due to fuel nozzle failure.
The CAAP reported the aircraft was climbing through 600 feet AGL out of Manila, when the crew received an aircraft performance monitor caution, the captain, pilot flying, instructed the first officer to reset the caution. A short time later the crew received an engine fire indication for the right hand engine, worked the memory items shutting the engine down and discharging the fire suppression, stopped the climb at 3000 feet and joined a downwind for runway 06. While on short final to runway 06, descending through about 500 feet AGL, the fire indication extinguished. The aircraft landed without further incident and taxied to the apron, where the passengers disembarked normally.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 7, 2009
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine fire
Airline
Cebu Pacific Air
Flight number
5J-893
Departure
Manila, Philippines
Destination
Caticlan, Philippines
Aircraft Registration
RP-C7250
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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