# Incident 20000326018709I: Skrsky S76, Patterson, LA, March 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2000, 12:30 local time
- Place: Patterson, LA
- Airport: Harry P Williams Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Location: 29.7095° N, 91.3390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRY P WILLIAMS MEML (PTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7095&lon=-91.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N701AL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000326018709I

## Narrative

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

(-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^

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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