# Incident 19960222024389I: Doug DC1030, Houston, TX, February 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1996, 18:55 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87070, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87070-2004-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 (registry code 3023501, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-50 series (registry code 30018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-50-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1030
- Reported engine: GE CF650*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960222024389I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 02/22/96 @ IAH A/P AIRCRAFT N-87070, DC-10-30, REJECTED TAKE-OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 100 KTS DUE TO #3 ENGINE FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON RUNWAY AND WAS TOWED BACK TO GATE TO DEPLANE PASSENGERS. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN UNCONTAINED #3 ENGINE FAILURE OF THE (LPT) ROTOR. A HOLE PUNCTURED THROUGH THE ENGINE AND CORE COWLING AND PYLON FAIRING. ALSO, INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE FAN ROTOR AND LPT ROTOR COULD TURN INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER. SUSPECT ROTOR DECOUPLED. ALSO NOTED WAS FIRE FROM ENGINE DURING TAKE-OFF. PER CONTINENTAL ENGINEERING, OTHER OPERATORS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR FAILURES. THESE HAVE LED TO CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURES. G.E. AIRCRAFT ENGINES PRODUCT SUPPORT ENGINEERING AND G.E. AIRCRAFT ENGINE FLIGHT SAFETY AND CONTINENTAL AIRLINES ENGINEERING WILL BE ON SITE FOR DISASSEMBLY OF ENGINE AT AVIALL-CALEDONIAN REPAIR STATION #CJ5Y781M AT PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND, SCHEDULED MARCH 18, 1996.

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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