# Incident 19800418045369I: Nihon YS11, Beckley, WV, April 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1980, 10:50 local time
- Place: Beckley, WV
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAIA
- Location: 37.7732° N, 81.1615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beckley, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7732&lon=-81.1615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: NIHON YS11
- Reported engine: RROYCE DART54210
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80IA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80IA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800418045369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER LANDING. FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD80IA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80IA038), Apr 18, 1980: Namc YS-11A (N224P), Beckley, WV, incident, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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