- Date
- September 3, 1988, 21:13 local (Sep 4, 1988, 05:13 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N906JSde Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880903036989A
- Case key
- 5064
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was on a climbout at approximately 1000 to 1200 feet m.s.l. when the engine quit and the pilot encountered an engine fire. The pilot elected to go back to the airport. The airplane crashed on the taxiway, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot was not injured. Examination of the aircraft engine revealed a hole in the side of the engine combustion chamber liner. The turbine chamber and turbine blade were completely destroyed by the inflight fire and uncontained case failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N906JS
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1659TB34
- Airframe hours
- 6,152
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph W. Sheehan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1988 · 14 hours before
- Destination
- Minto Flats, AK
- Airport
- FAJ · Fairbanks
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 132 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N906JS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.