- Date
- November 17, 1981
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 102 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N156USDouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122699
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0024 81/11/17 MINNEAPOLIS,MN DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1515 N156US PX- 0 0 93 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MINNEAPOLIS INTL OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MN DETROIT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: FAN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- NO 7 FAN BLADE ON THE NO 3 ENG FAILED FM FATIGUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N156US
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Minneapolis Intl
N156USRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2002 · Douglas DC-10-40Airframe modelDouglas DC-10-40Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT9D-3A
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.