# Incident 19970617017719I: Doug MD88, Las Vegas, NV, June 17, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1997, 16:30 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ORJA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N875RA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD88
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D219
- People aboard: 145
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97IA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97IA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970617017719I

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX97IA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97IA209), Jun 18, 1997: McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (N875RA), Las Vegas, NV, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: the maintenance/overhaul facility's improper repair, which led to obstructed oil supply hole(s) at the #5 bearing inner race, then oil starvation and subsequent uncontained engine failure.

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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