41.4823° N, 90.4934° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Moline, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 25, 1983 · 17:50 local
Place
Moline, IL
Airport
Moline
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MVAA
Aircraft
N338MV
Reported as
Stbros SD330
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
25
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.
Tower reported smoke trailing from left engine on departure. Returned. Found leaking fuel nozzle.
As the FAA filed it
TOWER REPORTED SMOKE TRAILING FROM LEFT ENGINE ON DEPARTURE. RETURNED. FOUND LEAKING FUEL NOZZLE.