- Date
- August 29, 1984, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Injuries
- 108 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7351FBoeing 737-291
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840829055139I
- Case key
- 12458
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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
Turbine assembly,turbine blade - failure,totalCause
Turbine assembly,turbine blade - separation
Precautionary landing - performed
Analysis
Shortly after lift-off & while climbing thru about 150 ft AGL, there was a loud noise from the left eng when it failed. The aircrew secured the left eng, returned to the arpt & made a single eng landing without further incident. An investigation revealed that a 1st stage turbine blade had failed in the left eng & was injested in the remainder of the turbine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7351F
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-291
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22384
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9A, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Frontier Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MSN · Madison, WI
- Destination
- RFD · Rockford, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MSN · Madison, runway 18, 9,005 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.