- Date
- October 5, 1987, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Injuries
- 132 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N157USMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-40
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871005079079I
- Case key
- 13979
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Aircraft landed without further incident after exhaust centerbody fell away from the #1 engine during initial climb. The centerbody landed on private property with no property damage. A service bulletin issued by the manufacturer to inspect the centerbody and replace the centerbody attach bolts within 1000 hours of date of issue of the service bulletin had not been complied with.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N157US
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-40
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46766
- Engine
- P&W JT9D-20, 40,800 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Northwest Airlines
- Registered owner
- Northwest Airlines Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 19, 1987 · 1,036 hours before
- Destination
- MSP · Minneapolis, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- Age
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21,921 total · 8,659 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 280° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.