Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Mayaguez Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Mayaguez
Thursday, October 15, 1987 16:50 AST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE COMMUTER FLT WAS TAXIING TO THE GATE, WHEN THE PLT OBSERVED A FIRE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE NO 2 ENG. THE FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED & THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. AN EXAM REVEALED THAT A FUEL LINE, P/N 3103385-1, HAD BROKEN AND HAD STARTED A FIRE. AN EXAM OF THE FUEL LINE REVEALED T00L MARKS ON THE LINE. A LABORATORY EXAM REVEALED THE LINE HAD FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE & THE FATIGUE HAD ORIGINATED IN THE AREA OF THE TOOL MARKS. THE TOOL MARKS SUGGESTED THAT A CRESCENT WRENCH OR SIMILAR TOOL HAD BEEN USED TO BEND THE LINE IN ORDER TO ALIGN THE LINE WITH THE ATTACH FITTING. THE COMPANY WAS ADVISED OF THE FINDINGS & A COMPANY DIRECTIVE WAS ISSUED TO DISCONTINUE THE PRACTICE.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 10/15/1987 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1650 |
| Event Time Zone | Atlantic Standard Time |
| Event City | MAYAGUEZ |
| Event State | PUERTO RICO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 00708 |
| Event Date Year | 1987 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | MAYAGUEZ |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | MAZ |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1700 Atlantic Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | MAZ |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 29 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | AST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 3000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 23 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 130 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 4 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 16 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5052 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Oct 15 1987 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1830 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 35182 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 2:55PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N436CA |
| NTSB Number | MIA88IA011 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CASA |
| Aircraft Model | C-212-200 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | C-212-200 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 287 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 14300 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 19 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 70 |
| Airframe Hours | 6298 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | EXECUTIVE AIR CHARTER, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | CALL BOX 2112 |
| Aircraft Owner City | CAROLINA |
| Aircraft Owner State | PR |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 00628 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | EXECUTIVE AIR CHARTER, INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | CALL BOX 2112 |
| Operator City | CAROLINA |
| Operator State | PR |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 00628 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SJU |
| Departure City | SAN JUAN |
| Departure State | PR |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1605 |
| Departure Time Zone | AST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | MAZ |
| Destination City | MAYAGUEZ |
| Destination State | PR |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Taxi |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |