- Date
- May 26, 1987, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kenner, LA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 9 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N331CYBritish Aerospace 3101
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19870526038729A
- Case key
- 15884
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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
The acft overran the dept end of the rwy and came to rest on a hiway barrier after an aborted takeoff following engine torque oscillations. The capt tried reducing the power levers as he had been taught to 'get off' the ttl since he thought the ttl was bypassing fuel. His actions increased the oscillations and yawing so the capt aborted the takeoff. The takeoff had been expedited at a request from the controller. The crew failed to assure that the RPM levers were full forward in the takeoff (100 percent) position . Subsequent tests produced torque oscillations with takeoff power and the RPM levers in any position other than takeoff. Both crew members had relatively little flt experience in the BAE-3101 which differs in RPM control lever procedures from other acft with which the flt crew was more familiar. (See NTSB/AAR-88/06).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N331CY
- Reported as
- British Aerospace 3101
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 742
- Airframe hours
- 147
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-10, 1,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air New Orleans, doing business as Continental Express
- Registered owner
- 1st Security Bank Of Utah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 18, 1987 · 47 hours before
- Destination
- VPS · Ft. Walton Bch, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MSY · New Orleans Intl/Moisant, runway 19, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total · 60 in this make and model · 196 in the last 90 days · 77 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSY, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.