Boeing 737-200 EICLK
21 March 1996 · Jacksonville, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 March 1996 at about 00:51 local time, a Boeing 737-200 registered EICLK, operated by Air South Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident near Jacksonville, Florida, United States. 62 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 00:51
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Jacksonville Intl (JAX)
- Coordinates
- 30.4896, -81.6694
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-200
- Registration
- EICLK
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Air South Airlines, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Atlanta
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- MIA96LA108
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
Probable cause
failure of the nose gear taxi light support bracket due to in service damage, which resulted in debris being ingested by the engines. Contributing to the accident was the failure of company maintenance personnel to comply with a Grimes Service Bulletin and a Boeing Service Letter which recommended changing the nose gear taxi light support bracket to an improved design.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During takeoff the nose gear taxi light separated from the nose landing gear when the aluminum support bracket failed. The debris from the nose gear taxi light was ingested by both engines causing damage to the fan sections. The nose gear taxi light assembly is manufactured by Grimes Aerospace Company. In June 1992 Grimes began offering a stainless steel support bracket to replace the aluminum support bracket. In service history showed that the aluminum support bracket was cracking due to damage from the nose gear tow bar during towing operations. The stainless steel bracket is resistant to this damage. The change to the new stainless steel bracket was the subject of Grimes Service Bulletins in 1992 and 1993, and a Boeing Service Letter in 1994.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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