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 July 6, 1996, a DC-9-82, N911TW, operating as twa flight 114 was enroute seattle, WA to st. louis, MO when the #2 (right) engine experienced high EGT and high evi. The crew shut down the engine and the aircraft landed at Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE without incident. Contract maintenance found metal in the tailpipe. The engine was removed and replaced and the aircraft was returned to service. The engine was torn down by the twa engine maintenance shop. Teardown revealed that the 8th stage compressor stator fractured, allowing metal particles in the gas path causing massive high pressure compressor and turbine damage. This incident is closed with this report.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON JULY 6, 1996, A DC-9-82, N911TW, OPERATING AS TWA FLIGHT 114 WAS ENROUTE SEATTLE, WA TO ST. LOUIS, MO WHEN THE #2 (RIGHT) ENGINE EXPERIENCED HIGH EGT AND HIGH EVI. THE CREW SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NE WITHOUT INCIDENT. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FOUND METAL IN THE TAILPIPE. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE ENGINE WAS TORN DOWN BY THE TWA ENGINE MAINTENANCE SHOP. TEARDOWN REVEALED THAT THE 8TH STAGE COMPRESSOR STATOR FRACTURED, ALLOWING METAL PARTICLES IN THE GAS PATH CAUSING MASSIVE HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR AND TURBINE DAMAGE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.
Other reports on N911TW · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.