20111207028599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Short Bros SHORTS SD3-60 · December 7, 2011

Date: December 7, 2011 · 06:57 local
Airport: Indianapolis International
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: DATA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N701A
Reported as: Short Bros Shorts SD3-60
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,250 total1,400 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N701ARegistered now · Short Bros SHORTS SD3-60S/N SH3627 · Built 1983 Airframe modelShort Bros SHORTS SD3-60 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65RTurbo-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.

On 12/07/2011 at 0025 CST N701A flight number 1465, a Short brothers SD3-60 was at flight level 9000 AGL when the LH engine experienced a total loss of power. After an unsuccesful restart attempt the engine was secured and the aircraft was diverted to ind and landed without incident. The engine power loss was attributed to a bird strike to the propeller and the bird was ingested into the engine. The engine teardown investigation is still in progress.

As the FAA filed it

ON 12/07/2011 AT 0025 CST N701A FLIGHT NUMBER 1465, A SHORT BROTHERS SD3-60 WAS AT FLIGHT LEVEL 9000 AGL WHEN THE LH ENGINE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. AFTER AN UNSUCCESFUL RESTART ATTEMPT THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO IND AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ENGINE POWER LOSS WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A BIRD STRIKE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE BIRD WAS INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE TEARDOWN INVESTIGATION IS STILL IN PROGRESS.