# Incident 19831014069249I: Boeing 727251, Billings, MT, October 14, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1983, 12:18 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan In
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N255US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N255US-2006-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7B
- People aboard: 66
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,654 total, 3,156 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831014069249I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NO. 3 ENGINE FAILED ON TAKEOFF ROLL ABORTED. FOUND SECOND STAGE TURBINE BLADE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N255US (3)

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

- [Incident 19920220011409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920220011409I), Feb 20, 1992: Boeing 727251 (N255US), Fort Myers, FL, Minor damage. Rear galley fire en route. Shut off power. Used halon bottle. Flight attendant burned finger tips. Continued flight.
- [Incident 19900104003369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900104003369I), Jan 4, 1990: Boeing 727251 (N255US), Boston, MA, Minor damage. Flames and smoke in oven. Extinguished and returned. Oven fan blades disintegrated and hit cal rods starting fire.
- [Incident 19860921063079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860921063079I), Sep 21, 1986: Boeing 727251 (N255US), Rochester, MN. While executing a turn onto taxiway, the left main gear left the paved surface and became mired in the mud.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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