The findings come as Allegiant Air was the center of a 60 Minutes story, where more than 100 serious mechanical incidents were reported in the first 10 months of 2016 by Allegiant Air, raising questions about the performance of the airline’s fleet.
“The probable cause of the No. 2 (right) engine fire was an uncontained generator failure,” the report connected to the March incident read. “Deformed rotating generator components and/or metal fragments radially released by the generator severed the constant speed drive-to-oil cooler return line adjacent to the generator and caused oil to spray onto hot generator and engine case surfaces that subsequently ignited.”
According to the NTSB, “11 prior uncontained generator failure events were reported since the year 2000” involving the Douglas Aircraft DC-9/McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series airplanes, the same airplane destined for Dayton.
In the 2017 incident, the airplane ultimately “made an uneventful single engine landing” and was met by fire and rescue crews on the runway. No injuries were reported to any of the 157 passengers or 6 crew members.
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