# Incident 19830515036359I: Nihon YS11, Oklahoma City, TX, May 15, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1983, 14:00 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, TX
- Airport: Will Rogers World
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TRCA
- Aircraft: N902TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N902TC-1994-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nihon YS-11 (registry code 6310406, https://openairdocs.org/model/nihon-ys-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NIHON YS11
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,525 total, 46 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830515036359I

## Narrative

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

FIRE IN LEFT ENGINE ON START UP. EVACUATED PASSENGERS. STARTER RELAY HAD IGNITED WIRING. FIRE PUT OUT.

## Other reports on N902TC (1)

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

- [Incident 19850317013009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850317013009I), Mar 17, 1985: Nihon YS11 (N902TC), Escanaba, MI. Diverted after unsafe gear indication. Faulty solenoid in gear retraction lever.

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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