# Incident 19961017044789I: Boeing 727247, Houston, TX, October 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1996, 06:41 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2815W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2815W-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,320 total, 2,658 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961017044789I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WEATHER VMC FOR THIS 121 CFR PASSENGER FLIGHT 682 FROM HOUSTON INTERCONTINENETAL AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL AND CREW REPORTED A LOUD POP FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. #2 ENGINE POWER INDICATIONS BEGAN DETERIORATING AND THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. AS AIRCRAFT EXITED THE FIRST HIGH SPEED OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY, THE TOWER REPORTED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. ARFF WAS DISPATCHED BUT NO FIRE WAS OBSERVED AND CREW RECEIVED NO INDICATON OF FIRE IN THE ENGINE. CREW SECURED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE TAXIWAY AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TOWED TO PARKING. INVESTIGATION THUS FAR INDICATES THE #2 ENGINE STAGE 1 FAN SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE FAILURE SEPARATION OF A SINGLE STAGE 1 FAN BLADE. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N2815W (3)

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

- [Incident 19981203039529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981203039529I), Dec 3, 1998: Boeing 727200 (N2815W), Kansas City, MO. (-5) Delta airlines B-727-200 after takeoff from mci, retracted flaps, the left hand outboaard flap needle showed 15 degrees, while flap position was 5…
- [Incident 19800930071969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800930071969I), Sep 30, 1980: Boeing 727247 (N2815W), Salt Lake City, UT. Pressurization problem during flight due to failure of clamp and seal.
- [Incident 19790911035169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790911035169I), Sep 11, 1979: Boeing 727 (N2815W), San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. Pilot returned to airportwhen outboard trailing edgeflaps would not retract. Carriages P/N652654511 badly bent.

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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