36.1750° N, 115.1372° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 3, 1984 · 14:02 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mccarran International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
REPA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N311RC
Reported as
Doug DC9*
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D217
People aboard
61
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Turbine section failure. Engine shut down. Failure limited to turbine buckets and inlet guide vanes.
As the FAA filed it
TURBINE SECTION FAILURE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. FAILURE LIMITED TO TURBINE BUCKETS AND INLET GUIDE VANES.