De Havilland DHC-8-101 N813PH

Summary

On 19 June 1987 at about 21:15 local time, a De Havilland DHC-8-101 registered N813PH, operated by Horizon Air Industries, Inc., was involved in an incident near Seattle, Washington, United States. 41 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 June 1987 at 21:15

Classification

Incident

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Boeing Field (BFI)

Coordinates

47.4393, -122.2794

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC-8-101

Registration

N813PH

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Horizon Air Industries, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Seattle → Portland

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA87IA119

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

THE CREW OF THE SCHEDULED AIRLINE PASSENGER FLIGHT EXPERIENCED AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE AT APPROX 800 FT AGL DURING INITIAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN, ACTIVATED TWO FIRE BOTTLES, WHICH EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. A HIGH PRESSURE FUEL CONTROL UNIT FUEL RETURN LINE, INSTALLED NEAR THE STARTER GENERATOR, WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING. A LABORATORY EXAMINATION REVEALED PREVIOUS EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE LINE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.