# Accident 19960320008119A: Boeing 737200, Jacksonville, FL, March 20, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1996, 19:51 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Jacksonville International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: A6XA
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&mi=10
- Aircraft: EICLK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737200
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 62
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960320008119A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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