20070501010509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 100BEECH · Ft Lauderdale, FL · May 1, 2007

Date: May 1, 2007 · 15:51 local
Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: VNWA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N211VP
Reported as: Beech 100BEECH
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
People aboard: 7
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,710 total2,980 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N211VPRegistered now · Beech 100S/N B-2 Airframe modelBeech 100 Engine modelU/A Canada PT6A-27-28Turbo-prop

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) N211VP, a BE-100-100 departed kfll on flight 703 with a destination of cywh at approximately 1550. While in a climbing phase of flight the starboard engine experienced a catastrophic failure causing an in flight engine/nacelle fire. The fire was extinguished with the on board fire suppression system and the flight crew and five passengers returned to kfll without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N211VP, A BE-100-100 DEPARTED KFLL ON FLIGHT 703 WITH A DESTINATION OF CYWH AT APPROXIMATELY 1550. WHILE IN A CLIMBING PHASE OF FLIGHT THE STARBOARD ENGINE EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE CAUSING AN IN FLIGHT ENGINE/NACELLE FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH THE ON BOARD FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND THE FLIGHT CREW AND FIVE PASSENGERS RETURNED TO KFLL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.