# Accident 19951023037029A: Boeing 747121, Miami, FL, October 23, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1995, 03:50 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWRA
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N613FF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N613FF-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-121 (registry code 138487A, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-121) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A (registry code 52050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747121
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D7AH
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 181 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951023037029A

## Narrative

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

NR4 ENGINE UNCONTAINED FAILURE ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED. STOPPED SAFELY. ENGINE FIRE. PUT OUT. DEBRIS DAMAGE.

## 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 MIA96FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA013), Oct 23, 1995: Boeing 747-121 (N613FF), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the No. 4 engine fifth stage turbine hub due to a cyclic stress rupture for undetermined reasons, which resulted in an uncontained failure of the engine.

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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