# NTSB investigations, Outside the U.S.: Engine (turbine/turboprop)

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ENG25WA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG25WA049.md): Embraer EMB145 · Sokoto, Nigeria · Incident · Class 3 · Foreign · Jun 29, 2025 · 5N-BZY · No damage
- [NTSB ENG25WA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG25WA034.md): Airbus A321 · Ciudad de México, Mexico · Occurrence · Class 5 · Foreign · Mar 13, 2025 · XA-VXP · No damage
- [NTSB ENG25WA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG25WA015.md): Bombardier BD100 1A10 · Nassau, Bahamas · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Jan 20, 2025 · CS-CHJ · No damage
- [NTSB ENG20LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG20LA015.md): Airbus A220 · Bordeaux, France · Incident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 12, 2020 · YL-AAU · No damage
  > A No. 1 (left) engine low pressure compressor (LPC) stage 1 integrally bladed rotor (IBR) separation due to a high cycle fatigue crack (HCF) that originated at the runout of an airfoil leading edge root radius. The HCF crack developed because of a…
- [NTSB ENG20LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG20LA001.md): Airbus BD-500-1A11 (CS300) · West Flanders Province, Belgium · Incident · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 15, 2019 · HB-JCC · Minor damage
  > A No. 1 (left) engine low pressure compressor (LPC) stage 1 integrally bladed rotor (IBR) separation due to a high cycle fatigue crack (HCF) that originated at the runout of an airfoil leading edge root radius. The HCF crack developed because of a…
- [NTSB ENG19IA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG19IA034.md): Airbus A220 · Côte-d'Or Region, France · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Sep 16, 2019 · HB-JCA · No damage
  > A No. 1 (left) engine low pressure compressor (LPC) stage 1 integrally bladed rotor (IBR) separation due to a high cycle fatigue crack (HCF) that originated at the runout of an airfoil leading edge root radius. The HCF crack developed because of a…
- [NTSB ENG19IA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG19IA029.md): Airbus A220 · Perrigny-sur-Armançon, France · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Jul 25, 2019 · HB-JCM · Minor damage
  > A No. 1 (left) engine low pressure compressor (LPC) stage 1 integrally bladed rotor (IBR) separation due to a high cycle fatigue crack (HCF) that originated at the runout of an airfoil leading edge root radius. The HCF crack developed as a result of a…
- [NTSB ENG19IA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG19IA008.md): Airbus A220 · Busan, South Korea · Incident · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Dec 26, 2018 · HL8314 · No damage
  > The manufacturer’s inadequate cleaning of the crucible before melting the nickel alloy used in casting the low pressure turbine stage 3 blades that resulted in a casting anomaly from where an intergranular crack occurred became the origin of a fatigue crack…
- [NTSB ENG17IA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG17IA026.md): Boeing 747 451 · Tokyo, Japan · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 2017 · N668US · No damage
  > The PW4056 engine lost power due to the fatigue fracture of a 5th stage compressor blade. The cause of the fatigue fracture could not be determined.
- [NTSB ENG16IA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG16IA001.md): Boeing 747 · Russian airspace, Japan · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 2015 · N662US · Minor damage
  > The PW4056 engine experienced an in-flight loss of power because of damage to the low-pressure turbine (LPT) because of the inadequate overhaul inspection and repair instructions that existed at the time of the LPT module's last overhaul. A vane hook in the…
- [NTSB ENG14IA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG14IA029.md): Bombardier CRJ700 · Hodeida, Yemen · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 13, 2014 · 7O-FAB · Minor damage
  > The probable cause of the undercowl engine fire was the burn-through of the combustion chamber inner liner from the accumulation of dust that became molten during operating and infiltrated the combustion chamber thermal barrier coating causing it to spall off…
- [NTSB ENG13WA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG13WA040.md): Sikorsky S76 - A · Macae, Brazil · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Aug 7, 2013 · PT-YSM · Minor damage
  > While the helicopter was running on the runway, the pilots noticed that the number two engine parameters were below prescribed values and decided to abort the take-off. After leaving the runway and entering the company apron, the pilots saw company mechanics…
- [NTSB ENG13IA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG13IA033.md): Boeing 777 · Ugolny Airport, Russia · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 2013 · HL8275 · No damage
  > The failure of the transfer gearbox resulting from the fracture and separation of the radial gearshaft from fatigue cracking as a result of a combination of high residual tensile stresses produced by local decarburization during the manufacturing process…
- [NTSB ENG09IA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG09IA004.md): Mcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 · Bogota, Colombia · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 2009 · N526MD · Minor damage
  > Failure of the low pressure turbine stage 3 disk due to a design that is vulnerable to high pressure turbine unbalance-induced synchronous vibration that cannot be detected in flight, and the subsequent uncontained engine failure.
- [NTSB ENG08IA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG08IA030.md): Boeing B747 · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · Incident · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 2008 · HS-VAC · Minor damage
  > Failure of the low pressure turbine stage 3 disk due to a design that is vulnerable to high pressure turbine unbalance-induced synchronous vibration that cannot be detected in flight, and the subsequent uncontained engine failure.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventCountry" <> 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT f.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_findings.parquet' f WHERE starts_with(f."findingCode", '010572'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010572/cases?state=OF

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