40.2759° N, 76.8850° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrisburg, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 9, 1985 · 10:10 local
Place
Harrisburg, PA
Airport
Middletown International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N858TW
Reported as
Boeing 72731
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7B
People aboard
80
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.
Loud noise, yaw movement during aborted takeoff roll. Safe evacuation. Damage to turbine assembly, exhaust shroud.
As the FAA filed it
LOUD NOISE, YAW MOVEMENT DURING ABORTED TAKEOFF ROLL. SAFE EVACUATION. DAMAGE TO TURBINE ASSEMBLY, EXHAUST SHROUD.