# Incident 20090618019359I: Convai 640440D, St Johns, AC, June 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2009, 18:30 local time
- Place: St Johns, AC
- Airport: St Johns/V C Bird Antigua
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: JRAA
- Aircraft: N587CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N587CA-2017-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 640-440D (registry code 2423002, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-640-440d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART-542-4 (registry code 54137, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-542-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAI 640440D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 375 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/20090618019359I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/18/2009 AT 1830 EST, WHILE TAXIING OUT TO RUNWAY 10 IN ANTIGUA (TAPA), THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS REPORTED SMOKING.  THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN, FEATHERED AND THE "T" HABDLE WAS PULLED.  THE PROPELLER MOVED FROM FINE PITCH POSITION, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT.  THE CAUSE OF PROPELLER MOVEMENT AT THIS TIME IS UNKNOWN.  NO DAMAGE TO THE  AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED.  THE ENGINE WILL BE REMOVE AND REPLACE.

## Other reports on N587CA (1)

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

- [Incident 19960712023869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960712023869I), Jul 12, 1996: Cvac 640340D (N587CA), Columbia, MO. Narrative: on 7/12/96, kittyhawk flight KHA587 was enroute from yip to okc, when the crew diverted to cou due to smoke in the cockpit. Warning lights…

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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