# Incident 20040303002549I: Airbus A320232, Atlanta, GA, March 3, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2004, 16:53 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RYNA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N381LF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N381LF-2004-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A320-232 (registry code 3940004, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320232
- Reported engine: IAE V2527A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 75 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040303002549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS OBSERVED FROM THE FLIGHT DECK: DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 26 LEFT, SHORTLY FOLLOWING FLIGHT CREWS CALL-OUT OF "STABILIZE" AND WHILE ACCELERATING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 70 KTS, HEARD LOUD "BANG" FROM NUMBER 1 ENGINE. AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY VEERED TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE 10 FEET LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. FLIGHT CREW QUICKLY RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO CENTERLINE AND ABORTED TAKE-OFF EXITING RUNWAY AT B-10. NO ABNORMAL ENGINE INDICATIONS OR MASTER WARNINGS OBSERVED. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO GATE. DURING TOWING OPERATIONS TOW BAR FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF SEVERAL THUMB NAIL DEEP GOUGES IN THE LOWER NOSE GEAR STRUT CASTING. BOROSCOPE INSPECTION OF AFFECTED ENGINE INDICATED A COMPRESSOR BLADE FAILURE RESULTING IN AN ENGINE CHANGE. IN ADDITION, OPERATOR WILL REMOVE NOSE GEAR FOR INTERNAL INSPECTION. ENGINE FAILURE. CABIN CREW AND PASSENGER INJURY SUMMARY UNKNOWN.

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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