# Incident 19850909049449I: Fokker F27MK500, Chicago, IL, September 9, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1985, 08:23 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MAAA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242MA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F27MK500
- Reported engine: RROYCE DART5357R
- People aboard: 30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI85IA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85IA369) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850909049449I

## Narrative

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

LOUD EXPLOSION ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED TAKEOFF. UNCONTAINED FAILURE OF LOW PRESSURE IMPELLER.

## 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 CHI85IA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85IA369), Sep 9, 1985: Fokker F27-500 (N242MA), Chicago, IL, 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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