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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug MD88 · Las Vegas, NV · June 17, 1997

Date
June 17, 1997 · 16:30 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ORJA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N875RA
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX97IA209
Reported as
Doug MD88
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D219
People aboard
145
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total8,000 in this make and model240 in the last 90 days

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: after a normal takeoff the tail compartment high temp. Light illuminated briefly until left pneumatic crossfeed was closed and the light went out. The gear was raised at which time an unusual thumping sound and feel which was unknown to flight crew at the time. After flaps and climb power there was severe vibration from the left #1 engine. After which the #1 engine failed. ATC notified of #1 engine failure and an emergency was declared. Emergemcy procedures checklist followed aircraft coordination to an uneventful landing for RWY25L. Upon further investigation an uncontained engine failure was notified. Also a hole in the fuselage left side not to pressure vessel. No NMAC report of pilot deviation report filed. The report is closed but engine investigation is ongoing.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER A NORMAL TAKEOFF THE TAIL COMPARTMENT HIGH TEMP. LIGHT ILLUMINATED BRIEFLY UNTIL LEFT PNEUMATIC CROSSFEED WAS CLOSED AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT. THE GEAR WAS RAISED AT WHICH TIME AN UNUSUAL THUMPING SOUND AND FEEL WHICH WAS UNKNOWN TO FLIGHT CREW AT THE TIME. AFTER FLAPS AND CLIMB POWER THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION FROM THE LEFT #1 ENGINE. AFTER WHICH THE #1 ENGINE FAILED. ATC NOTIFIED OF #1 ENGINE FAILURE AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. EMERGEMCY PROCEDURES CHECKLIST FOLLOWED AIRCRAFT COORDINATION TO AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING FOR RWY25L. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION AN UNCONTAINED ENGINE FAILURE WAS NOTIFIED. ALSO A HOLE IN THE FUSELAGE LEFT SIDE NOT TO PRESSURE VESSEL. NO NMAC REPORT OF PILOT DEVIATION REPORT FILED. THE REPORT IS CLOSED BUT ENGINE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.