- Date
- December 2, 1986, 23:05 local (Dec 3, 1986, 04:05 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N802MXde Havilland DHC-8-101
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861202073189I
- Case key
- 7328
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Analysis
At about 4,000 ft MSL, cpt on sch dom flt reported loud pop and sub shutdown of rt eng. Smell of smoke and visual confirmation of fire in rt nacelle. Ships fire ext activated during return to dept. Arpt. Landed without further incident. Investigation revld failure of turbine stator retaining ring p&w part no 3034363. P&w had outstanding s.b. issued at the time. This was only eng in oper flt that s.b. had not been comp on. This eng was also lead eng for oper flt.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N802MX
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-8-101
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 013
- Airframe hours
- 3,352
- Engine
- P&W PW120ABS-632, 2,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Metro Express,Inc., doing business as Eastern Metro Express, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Westinghouse Credit Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- HSV · Huntsville, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ATL · Atlanta Hartsfield
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,450 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.