# Incident 20080901845099I: Lkheed SP2H, Reno, NV, September 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2008, 18:10 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Stead
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CILG
- Location: 39.6947° N, 119.9044° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6947&lon=-119.9044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4235T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4235T-2009-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed SP-2H (registry code 5269601, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-sp-2h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED SP2H
- Reported engine: J34*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 6,197 total, 2,860 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08GA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08GA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080901845099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:10PM, N4235T DEPARTED RENO-STEAD AIRPORT, 4SD, TO PERFORM AN AIR TANKER FIRE FIGHTING OPERATION. UPON DEPARTURE, AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, THE LEFT JET ENGINE EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. A FIRE ENSUED IN THE LEFT JET ENGINE AREA. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A LEFT TURN AND ROLL UNTIL INVERTED THEN IMPACTING THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 6,000 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 320. EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT AREA REFLECTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POST CRASH FIRE. THE COMPRESSOR SECTION FOR THE LEFT JET ENGINE WAS LOCATED AT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 320 WHILE THE REMAINING COMBUSTION SECTION OF THE ENGINE WAS LOCATED IN THE FUSELAGE IMPACT AREA. A COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER WAS RECOVERED AND AN EVALUATION WILL BE PERFORMED BY THE NTSB.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA08GA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08GA194), Sep 2, 2008: Lockheed P2V-7 (N4235T), Reno, NV, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the flight crew to maintain airspeed above in-flight minimum control speed (Vmca) after losing power in the left jet engine during initial climb after takeoff. Contributing to the…

## Other reports on N4235T (2)

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

- [Incident 20060429006089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060429006089I), Apr 29, 2006: Lkheed SP2H (N4235T), Missoula, MT. (-23) During checkride shutdown of #1 engine, the pressure relief valve possibly failed, and burned out the feather pump motor. Aircraft declared in-flight…
- [Incident 19870421015269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870421015269I), Apr 21, 1987: Lkheed SP2HJOHNSON (N4235T), Alamogordo, NM, Minor damage. Crew failed to lower gear for landing. Landed gear up.

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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