- Date
- February 12, 1982, 09:37 local (14:37 UTC)
- Place
- Jamaica, NY
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N80701de Havilland DHC-6-100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71179
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During cruise flight, the aircraft experienced a power failure and fire in the left engine. The crew secured the engine and discharged the fire extinguisher without effect on the fire. During descent to jfk international the fire extinguished itself. A normal single engine landing was made and the passengers deplaned without injury. Investigation revealed that a compressor turbine blade had failed in fatigue damaging power turbine blades, the power turbine vane ring and the compressor turbine vane ring. In addition the propeller reduction gearbox was damaged. The origin and nature of the fatigue in the turbine blade was not determined. It was determined that the failed blade was installed at overhaul, about 843 hours before the incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80701
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-6-100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 112
- Airframe hours
- 9,498
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 579 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Newair Flight, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Joe Jet
- Departed
- PHL · Philadephia, PA
- Destination
- JFK · New York, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 10 in this make and model · 6,300 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 100 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JFK