# Incident 19851228071879I: Boeing 727232, Ft Lauderdale, FL, December 28, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1985, 13:10 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N519DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N519DA-2013-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 128
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 12,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA86MA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86MA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851228071879I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED AT ROTATION BLOWING ALL 4 FRONT AND REAR COWL DOORS ONTO RUNWAY. CRACK IN COMBUSTION CHAMBER CASE.

## 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 MIA86MA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86MA048), Dec 28, 1985: Boeing 727-232 (N519DA), Fort Lauderdale, FL, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N519DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19980119003059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980119003059I), Jan 19, 1998: Boeing 727232 (N519DA), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: a southwest de-ice truck backed into the left wing tip of a delta B-727 which was inbound to the gate. Minor damage to the light cover only (approx.…

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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