# Incident 19960718024779I: Boeing 727221, Colorado Spring, CO, July 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EISA
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N363PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N363PA-2006-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-221 (registry code 1384071, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-221) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727221
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960718024779I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE EISA BOEING 727-221, N363PA, DEPARTED COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO (COS) AT 11:15 LOCAL TIME ON RUNWAY 17L, JULY 18, 1996. THE ENGINE AT TAKEOFF EPR AND 60 KIAS THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE EGT VERY QUICKLY WENT TO MAXIMUM EGT AND COMPRESSOR STALL WITH ENGINE INDICATION THE SAME. THE FLIGHT CREW REJECTED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE. FINDING: UPON INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE BY MAINTENANCE, THEY FOUND TURBINE BLADES MISSING, SHEARED OFF AND DENTS IN THE TAIL PIPE, SIDE PANELS, AND THRUST REVERSER. THE FAILURE WAS ALL CONTAINED WITHIN THE ENGINE CASE WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS, CABIN CREW, OR FLIGHT CREW. THE ENGINE, S/N 707232, HAD T.T. 25007HRS, T.C. 13183, AND T.S.S.V. OF 1150 HRS. AT TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE ENGINE WAS RETURNED TO EISA HANGAR AT DALLAS, TEXAS (DAL). PRIMARY INSPECTIONS INDICATE A PROBABLE BLADE FAILURE OF THE NUMBER THREE TURBINE, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE REMAINING AFT TURBINE. THE AREA FORWARD OF THE NUMBER THREE TURBINE APPEARS TO HAVE ONLY MINOR NICKS. EISA WILL SEND THE ENGINE TO SABENA TECHNIC, A FAR 145 ENGINE REPAIR STATION, LOCATED IN BRUSSELS BELGIUM. MAINTENANCE INSTALLED A SERVICEABLE ENGINE. ALL SYSTEMS WERE OPERATIONALLY CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE SERVICEABLE. AIRCRAFT N363PA WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE. SDR HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH CMU. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N363PA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000223001489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000223001489I), Feb 23, 2000: Boeing 727221 (N363PA), Bremerton, WA. (-23) Pan am 'clipper 714' a FAR 121 supplemental flight, N363PA, while proceeding to pwt rwy 19 for takeoff taxied from the ramp via taxiway 4, turning onto…

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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