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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER · Tyler, TX · March 25, 1980

Date
March 25, 1980 · 07:36 local
Place
Tyler, TX
Airport
Pounds
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MTRA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N930MA
Reported as
Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total3,000 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.

Turbine wheel came apart, parts penetrating the fuselage. Bearing failed, causing disintegration.

As the FAA filed it

TURBINE WHEEL CAME APART, PARTS PENETRATING THE FUSELAGE. BEARING FAILED, CAUSING DISINTEGRATION.