Casa 212 N436CA

Summary

On 25 January 1985 at about 23:00 local time, a Casa 212 registered N436CA, operated by Prinair, was involved in an incident near Arecibo. 16 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 January 1985 at 23:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Arecibo

Nearest airport

Arecibo (ABO)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Casa 212

Registration

N436CA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Prinair

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Juan → Santiago

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA85IA086

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

WHILE ON A SCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL COMMUTER FLIGHT DURING CLIMB THE CREW NOTED A FIRE IN THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE. THE EXECUTED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND DISCHARGED TWO FIREBOTTLES. THE FLAMES CONTINUED TO EXIT THE TAILPIPE. THE CREW EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING TO AN INTERMIDIATE FIELD AND SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN, AT WHICH TIME THE FIRE STOPPED. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE AFT TURBINE BEARING WAS FAILED AND EXHIBITED EVIDENCE OF BEING BEARING WAS FAILED AND EXHIBITED EVIDENCE OF BEING MIS-ALIGNED AT INSTALLATION. ALSO NOTED WAS THE FACT THAT THE BEARING RETAINER EXIBITED NO EVIDENCE OF BEING NITRIDED AS REQUIRED WHICH ACCELERATED THE FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.