# NTSB ATL80IA098: Convair 440, N477KW, Brunswick, GA, September 18, 1980

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 18, 1980
- Place: Brunswick, GA · BRUNSWICK, GA
- Location: 31.1361° N, 81.4669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brunswick, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1361&lon=-81.4669&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 20 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 4, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129046
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL80IA098
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80IA098

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 440
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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