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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727232 · Denver, CO · August 13, 1989

Date
August 13, 1989 · 13:53 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Stapleton International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N520PE
Reported as
Boeing 727232
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D15
People aboard
135
Fatal injuries
0

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.

NR2 engine failed on takeoff roll. Aborted. Damage to low pressure drive turbines and compressor section.

As the FAA filed it

NR2 ENGINE FAILED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED. DAMAGE TO LOW PRESSURE DRIVE TURBINES AND COMPRESSOR SECTION.