# Accident 19980924026379A: Cvac 24013, Johnstown, PA, September 24, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1998
- Place: Johnstown, PA
- Airport: Johnstown-Cambria County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TFAA
- Location: 40.3261° N, 78.9191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Johnstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3261&lon=-78.9191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91237, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91237-2000-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 240-13 (registry code 2422626, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 24013
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980924026379A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1998, TRANS FLORIDA AIRLINES (TFA) FLIGHT 237, CV-240, N91237, ON ITS SECOND ATTEMPT FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 8, LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL AIRPORT, SAN JUAN, PR, TO SANTIAGO, DR, CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE AIRPLANE SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE TWO PILOTS AND A PASSENGER DID NOT SUFFER INJURIES.  OUR INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT TFA 237 HAD TO ABORT THE FIRST TAKEOFF DUE TO AN ABNORMAL BMEP FLUCTUATION IN THE RIGHT ENGINE.  THE PILOTS TOOK THE AIRPLANE TO THE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT GROUP (AMG) HANGAR AND MADE TWO SUCCESSFUL RUNUPS WITH A MECHANIC, NOT EMPLOYED BY TFA. NO ENTRIES TO THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT/MAINTENANCE LOG WERE MADE NOR A TFA MECHANIC INSPECTED OR WORKED THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION.  ON THEIR SECOND ATTEMPT, AFTER HAVING ROTATED, THE AIRPLANE RIGHT ENGINE STARTED BACKFIRING, LOST POWER AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT THE FLIGHT CREW DITCHED THE AIRPLANE.  AN ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER WAS NOT FULLY FEATHERED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL98LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA129), Sep 24, 1998: Convair 240 (N91237), Loiza, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of power in the No. 2 engine for undetermined reasons, and the inability of the pilot to establish a climb and/or maintain altitude. A factor was the incompletely feathered No. 2 propeller..

## Other reports on N91237 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780604022329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780604022329A), Jun 4, 1978: Cvac 24013 (N91237), Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Fire erupted in left eng due fuel leak from line deteriorated by

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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