ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75526
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| Date: | Thursday 8 July 2010 |
| Time: | 13:40 |
| Type: |  Douglas A-4L Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Airborne Tactical Advantage Co |
| Registration: | N132AT |
| MSN: | 12374 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4926 hours |
| Engine model: | Curtis Wright J-65-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Naval Air Station Fallon (KNFL), Nevada -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Fallon, NV (NFL) |
| Fallon, NV (NFL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he entered a right-hand climbing turn after departure and the engine experienced a loss of thrust. The pilot reversed direction and attempted to land on the runway in the opposite direction, but the airplane was too low and slow to make it back to the runway. He elected to steer the airplane in the direction of an empty field and successfully ejected. The operator reported that their postaccident examination of the engine determined that the protective coating on the turbine blades and stators had degraded. This degradation led to the eventual failure of the stator vanes and then the turbine blades. They could not establish the exact reason for the degradation of the protective coating.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power during takeoff due to the failure of the engine's stator and turbine. Contributing to the accident was inadequate maintenance.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2010 18:21 | slowkid | Added |
| 08-Jul-2010 20:51 | slowkid | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2010 22:35 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 09-Jul-2010 06:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 28-Aug-2013 19:32 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 17:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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