Fairchild F-27 N386BA

Summary

On 20 March 1985 at about 20:40 local time, a Fairchild F-27 registered N386BA, operated by Britt Airlines, was involved in an incident near Champaign, Illinois, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 March 1985 at 20:40

Classification

Incident

Location

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

38.2499, -88.2491

Aircraft

Fairchild F-27

Registration

N386BA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Britt Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Terre Haute

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85IA143

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 ENGINE START A FUEL LINE RUNNING BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH RUPTURED AND CAUSED A SMALL FIRE. THE CREW OBSERVED A FIRE WARNING LIGHT,ABORTED THE START PROCEDURE AND ACTIVATED THE FIRE EXTINGUI SHING SYSTEM WHICH PUT THE FIRE OUT. AN ANALYSIS OF THE BRAIDED LINE REVEALED THAT IT COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING BEEN MANUFACTURED BY THE COMPANY THAT PRODUCES ORIGINAL FUEL LINES FOR THAT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN RECENTLY ACQUIRED FROM A FOREIGN AIR CARRIER AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE OVERSEAS. IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE TECHNICIANSPERFORMING THE ANALYSIS THAT THE DAMAGE THAT WEAKENED THE LINE DID NOT OCCUR WHILE THE LINE WAS INSTALLED ON THE INCIDENT ENGINE, BUT RATHER AT AN EARLIER TIME, POSSIBLY WHEN THE LINE WAS INSTALLED ON ANOTHER DIFFERENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.