Aircraft Accident Investigation Report

31 positioning the foam tender at the eastern extremity of Runway 14, and proceeding on foot, with portable extinguishers, at 1350 hrs, arriving on the accident site some minutes later. ARFFS portable extinguisher(s) proved ineffectual and the aircraft fuel-fire continued to blaze. At 1430 hrs., ARFFS ‘Fire 11’ departed MKTP under police escort, arriving at the accident site at 1440 hrs., and extinguished the blaze within 5 minutes dispensing foam-mix through JFB side-jets already deployed. 1.15.3 Rescue Operations The impact was not survivable for the two occupants in the pilot seats.The occupant in the aft seat of the aircraft was taken out by persons at the site sometime between 1335 hrs. and 1345 hrs., placed in the back of a police pick-up truck and taken to the Kingston Public Hospital. He later succumbed to his injuries, including extensive burns caused by the fire. 1.15.4 Recovery Operations At 5:09 pm hydraulic tools were by the Jamaica Fire Brigade to extricate the bodies of the Flight Instructor and the Student Pilot form the wreckage where they were pronounced dead by doctors from the Ministry of Health. 1.16 Tests and Research 1.16.1 Engine Teardown Examination A teardown examination of the engine was conducted at Lycoming Engine’s facility in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA in the presence of the JCAA, NTSB, Lycoming & Textron Aviation Inc. Investigators. The carburetor showed fire damage signatures along with varying amounts of impact damage. The venturi remained attached to the oil sump, but the floats were missing as shown in Figure 30. The engine control positions were undetermined due to impact damage and component damage. The carburetor bowl was separated from the aircraft as seen in Figure 31. The air box was destroyed by impact and could not be further examined. Figure 30 Carburetor Venturi Figure 31 Carburetor Bowl