40.5090° N, 122.2934° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at REDDING RGNL (RDD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 10, 1997 · 14:30 local
Place
Redding, CA
Airport
Redding Municipal
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WTAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N251YV
Reported as
EMB EMB120RT
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW118
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.
Both engines flamed out just after starting due to fuel highly contaminated with water. Aircraft had just refueled.
As the FAA filed it
BOTH ENGINES FLAMED OUT JUST AFTER STARTING DUE TO FUEL HIGHLY CONTAMINATED WITH WATER. AIRCRAFT HAD JUST REFUELED.