35.6009° N, 82.5540° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Asheville, NC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 8, 1978 · 16:44 local
Place
Asheville, NC
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAI
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N219
Reported as
Nihon YS11
People aboard
26
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total660 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Both right main wheels locked up on landing. Tires blown. Captain may have applied brakes before wheel spin-up.
As the FAA filed it
BOTH RIGHT MAIN WHEELS LOCKED UP ON LANDING. TIRES BLOWN. CAPTAIN MAY HAVE APPLIED BRAKES BEFORE WHEEL SPIN-UP.