# Accident 20161028021359A: Boeing 767-323, Chicago, IL, October 28, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2016, 15:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago O'Hare
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 41.9689° N, 87.9178° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9689&lon=-87.9178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345AN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345AN-2019-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-323 (registry code 1385205, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-323) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-323
- Reported engine: GE CF6
- People aboard: 170
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 20
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA17FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161028021359A

## Narrative

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

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 383, N345AN, STARTED ITS TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 28R AT THE INTERSECTION WITH TAXIWAY N5. SHORTLY AFTER ENTERING THE RUNWAY AND POWERING UP FOR TAKE-OFF, THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED AN UNCONTAINED FAILURE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE ABOUT 6,550 FEET FROM RUNWAY 28R THRESHOLD, AND CAME TO A FULL STOP ABOUT 9,225 FEET FROM RUNWAY 28R THRESHOLD.  A FIRE IMMEDIATELY INSUED.

THE PILOTS PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN OF THE RIGHT ENGINE, FOLLOWED BY INITIATING THE EVACTUATION CHECKLIST.  FLIGHT ATTENDANTS INITIATED AN EVACUATION UTILIZING ALL OF THE LEFT SIDE EVACUATION SLIDES.

## 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 DCA17FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17FA021), Oct 28, 2016: Boeing 767 (N345AN), Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the high-pressure turbine (HPT) stage 2 disk, which severed the main engine fuel feed line and breached the right main wing fuel tank, releasing fuel that resulted in a fire on 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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