# Incident 19850908074209I: Doug DC871, West Palm Beach, FL, September 8, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1985, 11:20 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 26.6600° N, 80.0898° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6600&lon=-80.0898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1300L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC871
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 103
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85IA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850908074209I

## Narrative

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

LARGE FIREBALL NOTED DURING GROUND RUN.ABORTED. TURBINE FAILURE OF NR4 ENGINE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA85IA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA246), Sep 8, 1985: Douglas DC-8-71 (N1300L), West Palm Bch, FL, incident, minor damage

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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