British Aerospace BAE-146-100 incident near Las Vegas, Nevada, June 28, 1987
On June 28, 1987 at about 8:30 pm local time, a British Aerospace BAE-146-100, registered N146AP, suffered minor damage in an incident near Las Vegas, Nevada (Mccarran Intnl airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). 1 person had minor injuries; 81 others were unhurt. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 28, 1987 · about 8:30 pm local time
- Place
- Las Vegas, Nevada · Mccarran Intnl · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- 1 person had minor injuries; 81 others were unhurt.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- British Aerospace BAE-146-100 BAE-146-10 · all BAE-146-100s on the register
- Registration
- N146AP · registry record · serial E1013
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
DURING PUSHBACK AND WHILE STARTING THE #4 ENGINE THE AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WHICH PROVIDES ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE ENGINE STARTER TRIPPED OFF THE LINE. THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE ENGINE STARTER RESULTED IN A HUNG START AT APPROXIMATELY 25% N2 RPM. WITHOUT ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE STARTER THE ENGINE COULD NOT BE MOTORED CONSEQUENTLY POOLED FUEL CONTINUED TO BURN WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CREW WAS ADVISED OF THE FIRE CONDITION, DISCHARGED THE #4 ENGINE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND ORDERED AN EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FIRE TERMINATED SHORTLY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EVACUATION.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 6,233 hours in all; 640 in this make and model; 166 in the last 90 days
- Medical certificate: None (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 5,333 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme
- Maximum gross weight: 85,000 lb
- Seats: 85
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Lycoming ALF-502-R (turbofan); 0 hours total
- Fire on the ground
- Operator: Pacific Southwest Airlines INC
The flight
- Departed from: LAS Las Vegas NV
- Destination: SNA Orange County CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 0
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 070° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 75 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 10,000 ft
- Temperature: 102°F (39°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 8:50 pm from LAS
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 4 | |||
| Passengers | 1 | 77 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N146AP the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number SEA87IA127.