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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Skrsky S76 · Patterson, LA · March 26, 2000

Date: March 26, 2000 · 12:30 local
Place: Patterson, LA
Airport: Harry P Williams Memorial Airport
Phase of flight: Idling Engines
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ALGA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N701AL
Reported as: Skrsky S76

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.

(-23)On March 26, 2000, a Sikorsky, model S-76-A, experienced an engine cowl fire seven (7) to eight (8) minutes after engine start up. The investigation revealed burned bird nest remnents adjacent to the number 1 engine exhaust ejector. The heat generated caused disintigration of the kevla engine plenum dividers, and oil cooler return hoses, and the engine cowl assembly. The fire was discovered and extingushed by ground personnel, after emergency shut down procedures were initiated by the pilots. The ATP rated pilots and the ground crew were not injured. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON MARCH 26, 2000, A SIKORSKY, MODEL S-76-A, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE COWL FIRE SEVEN (7) TO EIGHT (8) MINUTES AFTER ENGINE START UP. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED BURNED BIRD NEST REMNENTS ADJACENT TO THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE EXHAUST EJECTOR. THE HEAT GENERATED CAUSED DISINTIGRATION OF THE KEVLA ENGINE PLENUM DIVIDERS, AND OIL COOLER RETURN HOSES, AND THE ENGINE COWL ASSEMBLY. THE FIRE WAS DISCOVERED AND EXTINGUSHED BY GROUND PERSONNEL, AFTER EMERGENCY SHUT DOWN PROCEDURES WERE INITIATED BY THE PILOTS. THE ATP RATED PILOTS AND THE GROUND CREW WERE NOT INJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^