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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC10/ · Washington, DC · July 27, 1978

Date: July 27, 1978 · 23:06 local
Place: Washington, DC
Airport: Dulles International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AAL
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N117AA
Reported as: Doug DC10/
Reported engine: GE CF66D
People aboard: 226
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N117AARegistration cancelled Jun 10, 2002 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10S/N 46517 · Built 1972 Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Engine modelGE CF6-6 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flight returned with one engine shut down. Fatigue in 9th stage area caused titanium fire and engine damage

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT RETURNED WITH ONE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. FATIGUE IN 9TH STAGE AREA CAUSED TITANIUM FIRE AND ENGINE DAMAGE

Other reports on N117AA · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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