19970130009249I

Incident

FAA incident report · Stbros SD3-30 · Indianapolis, IN · January 30, 1997

Date
January 30, 1997 · 22:05 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MTNA
Aircraft
N2679U
Reported as
Stbros SD330
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,589 total771 in this make and model144 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: right engine flamed out 15 miles se of Indianapolis inbound from charleston, west Virginia. Pilot declared an emergency. Aircraft landed without incident. Maintenance determined #4 fuel cell quantity probe had a corroded and chaffed wire which caused a false high fuel indication. Engine fuel starvation was identified as the cause.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: RIGHT ENGINE FLAMED OUT 15 MILES SE OF INDIANAPOLIS INBOUND FROM CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED #4 FUEL CELL QUANTITY PROBE HAD A CORRODED AND CHAFFED WIRE WHICH CAUSED A FALSE HIGH FUEL INDICATION. ENGINE FUEL STARVATION WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE CAUSE.