# Incident 19970910034569I: Doug MD900, Mesa, AZ, September 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1997, 08:20 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N900MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900MD-2001-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter MD 900 (registry code 3027375, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-helicopter-md-900) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD900
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,178 total, 507 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970910034569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING EEC MALFUNCTION TRAINING STUDENT WAS ST & LEVEL 70% TORQUE. INSPECTOR PILOT ROTATED RT. TWIST GRIP TOWARD OFF JUST ENOUGH TO GET "EEC MAN" LIGHT (APPROX. 1/8") AND AS LIGHT ILLUMINATED LEFT ENG TORQUE/EGT INDICATOR STRIPS WENT TO MAXIMUM. THE COLLECTIVE WAS IMMEDIATELY REDUCED AND THE A/C WAS FLOWN ON THE LEFT ENG. WHILE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM (86% TORQUE/EGT GREEN 65 KTS.) RIGHT WAS "0" TORQUE APPROX. 450 DEGREES DISPLAYED BY EXCEPTION WAS UP & 65% NG WAS DISPLAYED (IDLE!) "EEC MAN" WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE RESET, INDICATION WAS SUCCESSFUL (FLASHED) BUT TORQUE REMAINED "0". THEN NG DECAYED TO 17% & CON'T (ENG FAILED) SHORTLY AFTER FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, ENGINE WAS SECURED BY APPLICANT TO INCLUDE FUEL VALVE & IP ROTATED TWIST GRIP TO MIN. FUEL FLOW. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CHECKED FOR SMOKE (FORMATION) & FOUND NO INDICATION OF FIRE. IP ELECTED TO FLY HOME. LANDING WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT TO APACHE RAMP. POST FLT. REVEALED FIRE HAD OCCURRED, COWLING WAS BURNT/ NO SMOKE.

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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