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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Embraer EMB-120ER · Walla Walla, WA · September 14, 2015

Date
September 14, 2015 · 17:02 local
Place
Walla Walla, WA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JIKA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201YW
Reported as
Embraer EMB-120ER
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total4,100 in this make and model94 in the last 90 days

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.

Subsequent to a normal takeoff, reaching approximately 1000' AGL, the crew experiences a loud bang as the number two engine goes to autofeather and appears to seize in flight. As the tower then advises the crew of flames observed from the number two engine, the captain activates the number two engine fire suppression, and enters the downwind for an uneventful single engine landing. The aircraft exits the runway, remaining power is shut down, and the crew exited the aircraft. Other than minor indications of fire near the engine exhaust area, there is no other obvious signs of an engine fire.

As the FAA filed it

SUBSEQUENT TO A NORMAL TAKEOFF, REACHING APPROXIMATELY 1000' AGL, THE CREW EXPERIENCES A LOUD BANG AS THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE GOES TO AUTOFEATHER AND APPEARS TO SEIZE IN FLIGHT. AS THE TOWER THEN ADVISES THE CREW OF FLAMES OBSERVED FROM THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE, THE CAPTAIN ACTIVATES THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE FIRE SUPPRESSION, AND ENTERS THE DOWNWIND FOR AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT EXITS THE RUNWAY, REMAINING POWER IS SHUT DOWN, AND THE CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. OTHER THAN MINOR INDICATIONS OF FIRE NEAR THE ENGINE EXHAUST AREA, THERE IS NO OTHER OBVIOUS SIGNS OF AN ENGINE FIRE.