- Date
- April 10, 1987, 08:06 local (18:06 UTC)
- Place
- Honolulu, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 39 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N118MPNihon YS-11A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870410009209A
- Case key
- 25291
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the takeoff ground run approaching V1/VR, the #1 engine fire warning light illuminated and the fire bell sounded. The takeoff was aborted and the acft was turned off the rwy onto a taxiway. The engines were shutdown and the captain ordered a right side evacuation, however, the left side, not ordered, was also utilized. During the evacuation one passenger was seriously injured. Inspection revealed that the chafing on the fire sensing element outer tube against the engine thermocouple function box created a change in capacitance within the element sufficient enough to energize the fire warning circuits. The was no fire. One passenger suffered a fractured ankle during the evactuation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118MP
- Reported as
- Nihon YS-11A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2031
- Airframe hours
- 40,036
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce MK-542-10J, 2,966 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Mid Pacific Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 22, 1987 · 327 hours before
- Departed
- HNL · HI
- Destination
- LIH · Lihue, HI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HNL · Honolulu Int'L, runway 8L, 12,360 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HNL
FAA reports on this event · 1
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