# Incident 19970403014409I: Doug DC981, Newark, NJ, April 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1997, 07:32 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13881, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13881-2013-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-81(MD-81) (registry code 3022081, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-81-md-81) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC981
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217A
- People aboard: 113
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 171 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970403014409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER TAKEOFF AND WITH CLIMB POWER TO 5000' MSL, LEFT ENGINE EPR WENT TO ZERO WITH A LOUD BANG. N1N2 WENT TO IDLE 0/0. ENGINE HAD SLIGHT OIL PRESSURE. PILOT SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND ENGINE WIND MILLED FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AND AIRCRAFT LANDED AT EWR WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF ENGINE INDICATED APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF BLADES DAMAGED ON REAR TURBINE, AND DAMAGE TO 2ND STAGE TURBINE BLADES. THERE WAS AN 8" HOLE PUNCTURED THROUGH THE TURBINE CASE AND TURBINE BLADES EXITED INTO THE BY-PASS DUCT, AND EXITED INTO LEFT SIDE COWL. NO BLADES EXITED SIDE COWLING. NO DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE. ENGINE TEAR DOWN REPORT AND INSPECTION TO BE SENT TO NTSB (BOB HANCOCK). THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N13881 (2)

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

- [Incident 19990716032599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990716032599I), Jul 16, 1999: Doug DC981 (N13881), Newark, NJ. (-23) Inbound to neward international airport, the flight attendant reported a fire in the left forward galley oven. In flight emergency declared to ewr and…
- [Incident 19970307006779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970307006779I), Mar 7, 1997: Doug DC981 (N13881), Newark, NJ. Narrative: aircraft taxi out for takeoff when crew and passengers experienced toxic odor and smoke. No visible fire. Pilot stopped aircraft on taxi-way and…

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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