Broward County Sheriff's Office

Operated by BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE (per NTSB report)

An inflight fire outside of the engine firewalls, likely from overheating of the No. 1 engine for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a partial tailboom separation.

Part: UNKNOWN — UNKNOWN (UNKNOWN) · airframe 5,578 hrs

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT/CREW HEARD A BANG. PILOT NOTICED #1 ENGINE TOT RISING RAPIDLY AND DETERMINED THERE WAS AN ENGINE FAILURE. PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TO RETURN TO THE AIRFIELD. UNKNOWN TO THE PILOT, BUT CAUGHT ON VIDEO, THERE WAS AN UNCONTAINED FIRE AFT OF THE ENGINE, UNDER THE ENGINE EXHAUST. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE #1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT CAME ON, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE THE ENGINE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, BUT IMMEDIATELY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AS THE TAIL BOOM FOLDED TO THE LEFT SIDE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GO INTO A SPIN AND CRASH.

Part: SHAFT — SHEARED (OIL COOLER FAN)

DURING A LAW ENFORCEMENT FLIGHT, PART 91 THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL COOLER SHAFT SHEARED CAUSING ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE TO INCREASE TO ABOUT 120 C WHILE ALL OTHER ENGINE PARAMETERS REMAINED NORMAL. AIRSPEED WAS INCREASED AS RECOMMENDED IAW MFG MM TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE 80 KNTS FROM 60 KNTS. OIL TEMPERATURE DID NOT DECREASE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE. REPLACED OIL COOLER HUB WITH MFG PN L792M3007215. PERFORMED LEAK CHECK AND OPS CHECK, ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS ARE WITHIN LIMITS.

Part: SENSOR — INOPERATIVE (REDUCTION GB)

ENGINE NR 2 ENCOUNTERED A FADEC FAILURE AT 50 PERCENT TORQUE DUE TO LOSS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNAL FROM COMPRESSOR TURBINE SPEED SENSOR. REPLACED SENSOR WITH PREVIOUSLY OVERHAULED UNIT WITH 1015.20 HOURS SINCE NEW. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTICED AT THIS TIME.