- Date
- August 5, 1988, 12:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 84 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N775NCDouglas DC-9-51
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880805042329I
- Case key
- 7642
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
1 engine - failure,total
Compressor assembly,blade - fatigueCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N775NC
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9-51 (DC9-51)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47785
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-17, 16,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Northwest Airlines, Inc
- Registered owner
- Gatx Leasing Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- MSP · Minneapolis, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ATL · Atlanta Hartsfield
N775NCRegistration cancelled Jun 17, 2014 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.