19960320008119A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Boeing 737200 · Jacksonville, FL · March 20, 1996

Date
March 20, 1996 · 19:51 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Airport
Jacksonville International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
A6XA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
EICLK
Reported as
Boeing 737200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D15
People aboard
62
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total1,000 in this make and model150 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.

Narrative: on take off roll at VI the cockpit crew heard a loud pop. They thought it was blown tire. They left the landing gear down, went around and landed as soon as possible, and taxied to the gate. Post flight of the airplane revealed FOD damage to both engines. The left engine was extensive. There was also a hole in the left intake about the four o'clock position. Further inspection revealed that the taxilight and its bracket that mounts on the lower portion of the nose strut was missing. It is suspected that the taxilight and its mounting bracket fell off the airplane during the take off roll and was ingested into the engines causing the FOD damage.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON TAKE OFF ROLL AT VI THE COCKPIT CREW HEARD A LOUD POP. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS BLOWN TIRE.THEY LEFT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN, WENT AROUND AND LANDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. POST FLIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED FOD DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES. THE LEFT ENGINE WAS EXTENSIVE. THERE WAS ALSO A HOLE IN THE LEFT INTAKE ABOUT THE FOUR O'CLOCK POSITION. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE TAXILIGHT AND ITS BRACKET THAT MOUNTS ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE NOSE STRUT WAS MISSING. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE TAXILIGHT AND ITS MOUNTING BRACKET FELL OFF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE TAKE OFF ROLL AND WAS INGESTED INTO THE ENGINES CAUSING THE FOD DAMAGE.