19890116007779I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 7373T0 · Des Moines, IA · January 16, 1989

Date
January 16, 1989 · 13:50 local
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Des Moines International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N14307
Reported as
Boeing 7373T0
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
79
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
26,000 total2,800 in this make and model260 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.

Bang and severe vibration at cruise,NR2 engine bypass fan was minus blade. Wing root skin cracked by service cart.

As the FAA filed it

BANG AND SEVERE VIBRATION AT CRUISE,NR2 ENGINE BYPASS FAN WAS MINUS BLADE. WING ROOT SKIN CRACKED BY SERVICE CART.

Other reports on N14307 · 2

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