- Date
- July 18, 1979
- Place
- Charlottesvlle, VA · CHARLOTTESVLLE, VA
- Injuries
- 22 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N259PNamc YS-11A
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133855
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0009 79/7/18 NR.CHARLOTTESVLLE,VA NAMC YS-11A CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2053 N259P PX- 0 0 18 UNK/NR, 8000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CINCINNATI,OH WASHINGTON,DC LYNCHBURG,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: CASING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- 6-8 INCH CRACK TURBINE NOZZLE BOX BETWN NR 1&2 FLAME TUBES.FIRE CONFINED TO ENG NACELLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N259P
- Reported as
- Namc YS-11A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
N259PRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2013 · Nihon YS-11A-500Airframe modelNihon YS-11A-500Engine modelRolls-Royce DART-542 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.
Other investigations on N259P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.