41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 22, 1981 · 15:30 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Midway
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MVAA
Aircraft
N332MV
Reported as
Stbros SD330
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
Za zp engine vibration and fire in climb. Shut down, used fire bottles. Returned. Put fire out, turbine failure.
As the FAA filed it
ZA ZP ENGINE VIBRATION AND FIRE IN CLIMB. SHUT DOWN, USED FIRE BOTTLES. RETURNED. PUT FIRE OUT, TURBINE FAILURE.