# NTSB ENG18WA039: Mcdonnell Douglas MD80, Songshan, Taipei, China, Taiwan, July 2, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 2, 2018, 11:09 local (11:09 UTC)
- Place: Songshan, Taipei, China, Taiwan
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Uncontained engine failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/343)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98428
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG18WA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98428/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG18WA039

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Uncontained engine failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/343) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 47 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/343/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 2, 2018, Far Eastern Air Transport, flight FE8026, an MD82 aircraft, registration number B-28035, took off from Penghu Airport for Songsang Airport. The aircraft declared PAN PAN at 7 miles from the runway of Songshan Airport at an altitude of 2,800 feet due to the No. 1 engine failure. The aircraft then safely landed at Songsang Airport and all on board personnel were safe. Damage to the internal parts of the No. 1 engine and piercing the engine cowling caused the engine failure. The engine failure is being investigated by the Aviation Safety Council of Taiwan and the NTSB is participating as the State of Manufacturer of the airplane and engine.

## Aircraft

- Registration: B28035 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD80 (80)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Far Eastern Air Transport
- Registered owner: Far Eastern Air Transport
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: RCQC, Penghu Airport
- Destination: RCSS, Songsang Airpor
- Flight plan: IFR

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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