ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357285
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| Date: | Thursday 6 June 1996 |
| Time: | 14:24 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 1900D |
| Owner/operator: | Continental Express |
| Registration: | N81538 |
| MSN: | UE-199 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 506 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A-67D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Lansing, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Cleveland, OH (KCLE) |
| (KLAN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot-in-command reported smelling smoke during descent. Smoke was coming out of the bottom left corner of the first officer's windscreen. The first officer, using the portable halon fire extinguisher, extinguished a 6 to 8 inch flame that had erupted from behind the glareshield. The PIC completed the approach and landing. Examination of the windshield by the manufacturer indicated that the source of the excessive heat that caused the windshield and aircraft materials to smoke and ultimately burn, was determined to be arcing of a damaged low power braided copper lead wire. The examiner reported that, 'It is, however, our opinion that the damage was done to the braid wire during the windshield manufacturing process.' The origin of the fracture of the inboard glass ply was in the bottom center post corner area located near the low power terminal block. The examiner reported that, 'the glass fracture occurred as a result of the intensive heat due to electrical arcing of the severed low power lead wire.'
Probable Cause: the short in the windshield anti-ice low power braided copper lead wire caused a fire that had resulted from the manufacturer's inadequate design.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI96IA191
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 16:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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