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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC2MK1 · Ketchikan, AK · March 29, 1987

Date
March 29, 1987 · 11:00 local
Place
Ketchikan, AK
Airport
View Cove
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EKQA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N89U
Reported as
Dhav DHC2MK1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,500 total5,000 in this make and model110 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.

Engine cylinder came loose after takoff causing engine fire. Shut down and landed safe. Substantial engine damage.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE CYLINDER CAME LOOSE AFTER TAKOFF CAUSING ENGINE FIRE. SHUT DOWN AND LANDED SAFE. SUBSTANTIAL ENGINE DAMAGE.

Other reports on N89U · 1

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