- Date
- September 1, 1978
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 19 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N29813Nord 262FM
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780901016589I
- Case key
- 139527
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0011 78/9/1 WASHINGTON,DC NORD 262FM CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0923 N29813 PX- 0 0 16 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON NTNL OPERATOR - U.S. AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC CLARKSBURG,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- HYDRAULIC FLUID SPRAYED ON HOT APU EXHAUST.HOSE FLEXES EACH TIME L/G CYCLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29813
- Reported as
- Nord 262FM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Washington Ntnl
N29813Registration cancelled Nov 27, 2002 · Nord-Aviation 262A-26Airframe modelNord-Aviation 262A-26Engine modelTurbomeca BASTAN VI series
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.