# Incident 20020214004369I: Doug DC871F, Orlando, FL, February 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2002, 22:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IXXA
- Location: 28.4294° N, 81.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO INTL (MCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4294&lon=-81.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N830BX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N830BX-2014-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-71F (registry code 302199D, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-71f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC871F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020214004369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/14/2002, IXXA MECHANICS REMOVED AND REPLACED THE #2 ENGINE BLEED AIR REGULATOR VALVE IN ORDER TO CORRECT A DEFERRAL ON THAT SYSTEM. THE NEW VALVE DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM, SO THE DEFERRAL WAS CONTINUED. AT THE END OF THE DAY SHIFT, AFTER THE ITEM WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MECHANICS HAD FAILED TO RE-DEACTIVATE THE SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH IXXA MEL REQUIREMENTS. ONE IXXA MECHANIC RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT, OPENED THE #2 ENGINE COWLS, DEACTIVATED THE HIGH STAGE BLEED VALVE, AND STARTED TO CLOSE THE ENGINE. ANOTHER MECHANIC ASSISTED CLOSING THE CORE COWLS (REVERSER COWLS) AND ONE FAN COWL, BUT LEFT TO FINISH A WALK-AROUND. THE MECHANIC WORKING THE #2 ENGINE ASSUMED THAT THE MECHANIC WHO ASSISTED HIM WITH THE COWLS ALSO LATCHED THE FAN COWLS. THE ASSUMPTION WAS NOT CORRECT. BOTH MECHANICS RETURNED TO THE IXXA OFFICE, UNAWARE OF THEIR ERROR. DURING PREPARATION FOR LAUNCH, THE F/E ACCOMPLISHED HIS ORIGINATING PREFLIGHT, BUT DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE #2 ENGINE FAN COWLS WERE UNLATCHED. ON TAKEOFF, THE FAN COWLS OPENED AND WERE TORN OFF BY THE SLIPSTREAM, COMING TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MCO, EXECUTING AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.

## Other reports on N830BX (1)

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

- [Incident 19970311017339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970311017339I), Mar 11, 1997: Doug DC871F (N830BX), Portland, OR. Narrative: on March 11, 1997 at approximately 2000, the pilot of a DC-8-71F, N830BX, aborted a take-off at Portland International Airport. According to the…

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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