- Date
- September 27, 1983, 12:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 79 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N302RCMcDonnell Douglas DC-9-82
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830927063749I
- Case key
- 24048
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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.
Analysis
Just after takeoff the left engine failed due to a fatigue failure of the 7 th stage rear compression stator assembly several homes under the fligh path sustained fire & debris damage when engine parts departed the acft. The acft returnedto the airport and landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N302RC
- Reported as
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 48055
- Engine
- P&W 1, 20,850 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Republic Airlines Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- MSP · Minneapolis, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne, runway 19, 5,700 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27,300 total · 7,300 in this make and model · 220 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Observed at
- SNA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.