- Date
- May 22, 1980
- Place
- Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Injuries
- 193 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1300LDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800522052849I
- Case key
- 130385
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0007 80/5/22 ATLANTA,GA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1805 N1300L PX- 0 0184 47, 18000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - HARTSFIELD OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BLADE,COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- 1ST STAGE FAN BLADE FAILED.AFTER THIS MISHAP AD T80N/26 AMENDED FOR IMPROVED INSPECTION PROC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1300L
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Hartsfield
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.