Date: | Saturday 14 July 1990 |
Time: | 16:27 |
Type: | Lockheed L-188CF Electra |
Owner/operator: | TPI International Airways |
Registration: | N4465F |
MSN: | 1096 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Total airframe hrs: | 31829 hours |
Engine model: | Allison 501-D13 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Aruba-Reina Beatrix Airport (AUA) -
Aruba
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Aruba-Reina Beatrix Airport (AUA/TNCA) |
Destination airport: | Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY/MPTO) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The no. 3 propeller gearbox failed, causing the prop to separate. A broken propeller blade struck the no. 4 propeller, which also separated. A propeller then crossed under the aircraft slicing through the fuselage, cables, hydraulics and pressure vessel, damaging the no. 2 engine.
The no. 2, 3 and 4 engines were shut down. An emergency landing was carried out at Aruba with no brakes, 10deg flaps and limited flight controls.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The in-flight loss of the nos 3 and 4 propellers and gearboxes for undetermined reasons. The failed components were not recovered from the Caribbean sea."
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 3/94 (#79)
NTSB
Scramble Vol.12, nr. 05
Location
Images:
photo (c) Carl Waldenmaier via W. Fischdick; San Francisco-International Airport, CA (SFO); December 1986
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