Beechcraft TC-45G N63310

Summary

On 14 May 1983 at about 15:40 local time, a Beechcraft TC-45G registered N63310, operated by ABC Airlines Inc., was involved in an accident near Abilene, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 May 1983 at 15:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Abilene, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Abilene Municipal (ABI)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft TC-45G

Registration

N63310

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

ABC Airlines Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dallas → Midland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83LA234

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

ABOUT 30 MI EAST OF ABILENE THERE WAS A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER ON THE LEFT ENG. THE PLT FEATHERED THE PROP & MADE AN EMERGENCY APPROACH INTO ABILENE. UNABLE TO HOLD INITIAL APPROACH ALTITUDE, THE PLT RESTARTED THE LEFT ENG, BUT COULD OBTAIN ONLY PARTIAL POWER. THE PROP STAYED IN THE FEATHERED POSITION & THE ENG DIED DURING THE LANDING ROLL. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENG FOR TAXI, HE WAS INFORMED BY A FOLLOWING ACFT THAT HIS LEFT ENG WAS ON FIRE. INSPECTION SHOWED EVIDENCE OF A FIRE IN THE LEFT ENG ACCESSORY SECTION WHICH HAD BURNED THROUGH THE TOP, BOTTOM & LEFT SKIN AREAS OF THE NACELLE. FIRE DAMAGE AFT OF THE FIREWALL WAS ONLY IN A SMALL AREA BUT EVIDENCE REVEALED SOME SCORCHING & RELATIVELY HIGH TEMP EXPOSURE TO THE AREA OF THE MAIN WING SPAR. WITHIN THE ACCESSORY AREA, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE TO FUEL LINES, ACCESSORY CASE & RELATED COMPONENTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.