# Incident 20020819023709I: Cvac 340CVAC, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2002, 08:00 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: F6AB
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N153JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N153JR-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340 (registry code 242270A, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 340CVAC
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,110 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020819023709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 19, 2002, APPROX. 08:00 AT THE SAN JUAN INTERNATIONAL A HEAVY SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE LEFT ENGINE WAS DETECTED BY THE ATC AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL. THE CREW ABORTED THE FLIGHT, EVACUATING THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURIES. THE CAUSE TO THE INCIDENT WAS RUPTURE OIL TANK. COMPANY WILL FOLLOW WITH AN SDR.

## Other reports on N153JR (1)

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

- [Accident 20120315006989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120315006989A), Mar 15, 2012: Convair 340 (N153JR), Carolinas, PR, Destroyed, 2 fatal. The cargo only flight, deaprted san juan international airport, enroute to st croix. Shortly after take off from runway 10 he requested to return for runway 10…

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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