De Havilland DHC-6-100 N80701

Summary

On 12 February 1982 at about 14:37 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6-100 registered N80701, operated by Newair Flight, Inc., was involved in an incident near Jamaica, New York, United States. 7 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 February 1982 at 14:37

Classification

Incident

Location

Jamaica, New York, United States

Coordinates

40.6492, -73.7892

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC-6-100

Registration

N80701

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Newair Flight, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Philadephia → New York

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC82IA036

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.