- Date
- February 16, 1982, 09:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 36 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N169RVNihon YS-11A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1983
- Report
- Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19820216002259A
- Case key
- 71268
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was on a scheduled flt from anchorage to cold bay, AK with intermediate stops at King Salmon & dutch harbor, AK. En route between anchorage & King Salmon, the air temps at cruise altitude were between -36 & -40 deg fahrenheit. While entering donwnd to lnd at King Salmon, the before-lndg check was made which included turning off the fuel heaters. Shortly thereafter, the r engine lost pwr & would not restart. The r engine was feathered & secured. Soon after that, while turning to final apch with the gear down, the l engine began losing pwr. The captain elected to land on a frzn river & called for the gear to be retracted. While lndg, the acft touched down before the gear was fully retracted. An investigation revealed all 3 turbine stages of the l engine were damaged from overheating, indicative to excess fuel flow. Except for the l engine overheating, no other mechanical defects were found with either engine. However, entrainedwater (wtr in solution) can occur in jet fuel. Water (29 to 150 ppm) was found in fuel samples. Conds for ice, present.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N169RV
- Reported as
- Nihon YS-11A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2169
- Airframe hours
- 4,395
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce 542-10K, 1,990 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Reeve Aleutian
- Registered owner
- Reeve Aleutian
- Departed
- C · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- C · Cold Bay, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 11,589 total · 4,177 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.