# Incident 19810706044089I: Cvac 340CVAC, Dallas, TX, July 6, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TEXA
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24AT-2012-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340 (registry code 242270A, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney DW-CB series (registry code 52025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-dw-cb-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 340CVAC
- Reported engine: PWA CB16
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810706044089I

## Narrative

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

ZR FIRE WARNING/BELL CAME ON WHEN NO 2 ENGINE SHUTDOWN. OIL ACCUMULATIONS FROM SMALL LEAKS IGNITED AROUND AUGMENTOR

## Other reports on N24AT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820813044429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820813044429I), Aug 13, 1982: Cvac 340CVAC (N24AT), Farmingdale, NY. Engine feathered after takeoff due to backfire. Returned to airport. Found most oil gone from engine.

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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