- Date
- September 18, 1980
- Place
- Brunswick, GA · BRUNSWICK, GA
- Injuries
- 20 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N477KWConvair 440
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129046
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0043 80/9/18 BRUNSWICK,GA CONVAIR 440 CR- 0 0 4 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1645 N477KW PX- 0 0 16 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 33, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 100 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST SIMONS IS,GA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: AUGMENTOR TUBES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- VANE CTL SHAFT & OTBRD AUGMENTOR TUBE ON L ENG FAILED.HOT GASES BURNED WIRES,WING,FLAP TORQUE TUBE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N477KW
- Reported as
- Convair 440
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage