- Date
- January 26, 1984, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Richmond, VA
- Injuries
- 41 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1113JBritish Aerospace 1-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840126010419I
- Case key
- 6345
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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
Flt 498, experienced a partial power loss on one eng during the final approach. Both plts stated that the eng spool down occurred moments after selecting tcc(top temp control). A eng runup of the acft failed to repeat the discrepancy & a precautionary change of the fuel dip & tcc amplifiers was made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1113J
- Reported as
- British Aerospace 1-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce 506-14D, 10,410 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Usair
- Registered owner
- Usair
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RIC · Richard Evelyn Byrd Int'L
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22,300 total · 9,500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.