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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug MD11 · Portland, OR · October 17, 1996

Date: October 17, 1996 · 11:40 local
Place: Portland, OR
Airport: Portland International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: DALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N803DE
Reported as: Doug MD11
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4460
People aboard: 182
Fatal injuries: 0

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: the left engine thrust reverser failed when the 2.95 bleed valve malfunctioned causing minor damage to the left engine thrust reverser half. The pilot reported an unusual amount of vibration upon departing atlanta enroute to Portland International. Some pieces of the thrust reverser were recovered from the runway after delta airlines gate personnel reported the condition of the engine at the gate. The thrust reverser half was replaced and the aircraft returned to service the next day. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE LEFT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER FAILED WHEN THE 2.95 BLEED VALVE MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER HALF. THE PILOT REPORTED AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF VIBRATION UPON DEPARTING ATLANTA ENROUTE TO PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL. SOME PIECES OF THE THRUST REVERSER WERE RECOVERED FROM THE RUNWAY AFTER DELTA AIRLINES GATE PERSONNEL REPORTED THE CONDITION OF THE ENGINE AT THE GATE. THE THRUST REVERSER HALF WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE THE NEXT DAY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.