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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lockheed P2V-5F · Missoula, MT · September 6, 2012

Date
September 6, 2012 · 18:00 local
Place
Missoula, MT
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
CILG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9855F
Reported as
Lockheed P2V-5F
Reported engine
WRIGHT TC18EA series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Aircraft was on a maintenance test flight when the chip dectector light illuminated for the number 1 engine. The engine quit running. The crew feathered the propeller. The crew perfromed emergency procedures and declared an emergency and landed the aircraft without event.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT WHEN THE CHIP DECTECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE. THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. THE CREW FEATHERED THE PROPELLER. THE CREW PERFROMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT EVENT.