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Incident

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC6 · Waller, TX · September 28, 1996

Date
September 28, 1996 · 15:30 local
Place
Waller, TX
Airport
Skydive Houston Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N186AL
Reported as
Dhav DHC6
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A27
People aboard
22
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,950 total250 in this make and model180 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.

Narrative: this incident involved a Dehavilland DHC-6 that experienced an engine fire. The fire was successfully extinguished and an uneventful landing was accomplished at the airport of departure. It was determined that the cause of the fire was the internal disintegration of the engine burner cans.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THIS INCIDENT INVOLVED A DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 THAT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE. THE FIRE WAS SUCCESSFULLY EXTINGUISHED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT THE AIRPORT OF DEPARTURE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS THE INTERNAL DISINTEGRATION OF THE ENGINE BURNER CANS.