British 3101 N331CY

Summary

On 26 May 1987 at about 21:45 local time, a British 3101 registered N331CY, operated by Air New Orleans, was involved in an accident near Kenner, Louisiana, United States. 11 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 9 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 May 1987 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Kenner, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

New Orleans Intl/Moisant (MSY)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

British 3101

Registration

N331CY

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Air New Orleans

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Ft. Walton Bch

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA87MA033

2 people were seriously 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 ACFT OVERRAN THE DEPT END OF THE RWY AND CAME TO REST ON A HIWAY BARRIER AFTER AN ABORTED TAKEOFF FOLLOWING ENGINE TORQUE OSCILLATIONS. THE CAPT TRIED REDUCING THE POWER LEVERS AS HE HAD BEEN TAUGHT TO 'GET OFF' THE TTL SINCE HE THOUGHT THE TTL WAS BYPASSING FUEL. HIS ACTIONS INCREASED THE OSCILLATIONS AND YAWING SO THE CAPT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. THE TAKEOFF HAD BEEN EXPEDITED AT A REQUEST FROM THE CONTROLLER. THE CREW FAILED TO ASSURE THAT THE RPM LEVERS WERE FULL FORWARD IN THE TAKEOFF (100 PERCENT) POSITION . SUBSEQUENT TESTS PRODUCED TORQUE OSCILLATIONS WITH TAKEOFF POWER AND THE RPM LEVERS IN ANY POSITION OTHER THAN TAKEOFF. BOTH CREW MEMBERS HAD RELATIVELY LITTLE FLT EXPERIENCE IN THE BAE-3101 WHICH DIFFERS IN RPM CONTROL LEVER PROCEDURES FROM OTHER ACFT WITH WHICH THE FLT CREW WAS MORE FAMILIAR. (SEE NTSB/AAR-88/06).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.