# Incident 20010619018149I: Emb EMB120, Asheville, NC, June 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2001, 00:27 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASOA
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505AS-2021-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118B (registry code 52131, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120
- Reported engine: PWA PW118
- People aboard: 22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,965 total, 543 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010619018149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT CAA291 ATL TO AVL, ON APPROACH TO AVL LEFT PROPELLER WENT TO OVERSPEED (ENGINE COMPUTER READ 160%). PILOT COMPLETED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FOR PROPELLER OVERSPEED GREATER THAN 110%.  PROPELLER DID NOT FEATHER, ENGINE TURBINE FAILED DURING EVENT.  MANUFACTURER NOTED "THAT THE ENGINE WILL CATASTROPHICALLY FAIL AT APPROXIMATELY 140% NP INCLUDING AT LEAST PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF ALL SHAFTS."  PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF 60 KNOTS, HE NOSED THE AIRCRAFT OVER TO GAIN AIRSPEED, DECLARED "MAYDAY" AND LANDED AT AVL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ALL ENGINE AND PROPELLER COMPONENTS WERE QUARANTINED AND ARE BEING SENT TO THE COMPONENT MANUFACTURER FOR TEAR DOWN AND ANALYSIS.  TEAR DOWN REPORTS TO FOLLOW.

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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