# Incident 19951206044599I: Boeing 747*, New York, NY, December 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1995, 20:15 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: PIAF
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: APBAK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747*
- Reported engine: GE CF650E2
- People aboard: 255
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951206044599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 6, 1995, AIRCRAFT AP-BAK DEPARTED KJFK FOR LEPG. FOLLOWING TAKE-OFF FROM RWY 22R, PASSING THRU 800' TO 1000' A LOUD THUD WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY A GRINDING NOISE, WITH VIBRATION. THE NBR 2 ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE LOW PRESSURE TURBINE CASE, THE ENGINE LOST THE EXHAUST CONE, EXHAUST NOZZLE, TURBINE REAR FRAME, LPT STATORS AND THE LPT ROTOR INCLUDING THE DISK BLADES AND APPROX. THE AFT HALF OF THE LPT MID SHAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LDG DOORS, LEFT WING ROOT FAIRING, LEFT L/E AND T/E FLAPS AND L/WING. THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT BY THE NTSB. NO. NYC96IA036. THE FAA IS NOT ACTUALLY INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION UNDER NTSB CONTROL.

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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