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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · EMB EMB-120RT · Washington, DC · September 10, 1990

Date
September 10, 1990 · 18:32 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Dulles International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
WTAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N285UE
Reported as
EMB EMB120RT
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW118A
People aboard
16
Fatal injuries
0

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.

NR1 engine oil pressure fluctuating on approach. Fire from generator. Oil leak from worn garloc seal on generator.

As the FAA filed it

NR1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATING ON APPROACH. FIRE FROM GENERATOR. OIL LEAK FROM WORN GARLOC SEAL ON GENERATOR.