Dassault/Sud FALCON 20 N18FE

Summary

On 22 January 1982 at about 13:55 local time, a Dassault/Sud FALCON 20 registered N18FE, operated by Federal Express Corporation, was involved in an incident near Louisville, Kentucky, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 January 1982 at 13:55

Classification

Incident

Location

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Standiford Field (SDF)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Dassault/Sud FALCON 20

Registration

N18FE

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Federal Express Corporation

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Memphis → Louisville

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82IA041

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 A CRUISE DESCENT FROM FL 330 IN CLEAR AIR (RAT-22 DEG C) A DOUBLE ENGINE FLAMEOUT OCCURRED. PWR HAD BEEN ADJUSTED TO 86 PCT WITH ENGINE ANTI-ICE ON PRIOR TO THE DESCENT. WHEN THE THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED AT FL 220, THERE WAS NO ENGINE RESPONSE. SUCCESSFUL RELIGHTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED WITH BOTH ENGINES ON SUBSEQUENT TEST FLIGHTS, N18FE EXPERIENCED REPEATED ENGINE ROLLBACKS AT AND ABOVE FL 290 WHEN THROTTLES WERE RETARDED TO THE FLIGHT IDLE STOP. ENGINE ROLLBACKS DID NOT OCCUR WHEN FLIGHT MANUAL IDLE RESTRICTIONS INTENDED FOR SPEEDS BELOW 200 KTS WERE OBSERVED AT SPEEDS ABOVE 200 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.