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A commercial fixed wing turboprop powered airplane experienced a single engine failure on short final approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 367329 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach other |
| Route In Use | arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 367329 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Engine failure during approach. Undetected total failure. No aural or visual warnings prior to failure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING TURBOPROP POWERED AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A SINGLE ENG FAILURE ON SHORT FINAL APCH.
Narrative: ENG FAILURE DURING APCH. UNDETECTED TOTAL FAILURE. NO AURAL OR VISUAL WARNINGS PRIOR TO FAILURE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.