- Date
- February 17, 1982, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 51 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4734Boeing 727-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820217004509A
- Case key
- 69199
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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
During takeoff roll a loud bang was heard & the takeoff aborted. The tower advised the flt of extensive fire in the tailarea. The plt cleared the active rwy & the acft was evacuated. 1 pax suffered a fractured ankle & another a sprained ankle. An explosion had occurred in the #2 eng due to a failed front compressor front hub. The main fuel supply line to the #2 eng was severed causing the fire. Metallurgical examination revealed that the hub fractured radially through the bore & rim in two locations releasing two sections. Fatigue had originated at a nonconforming circumferential groove at the rear of one tie rod hole. The surface of the groove exhibited a very rough, smeared appearance & there were numerous axial cracks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4734
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19454
- Airframe hours
- 38,448
- Engine
- P & W JT8D-7B, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Pan American World Airways, In
- Registered owner
- Pan American World Airways, In
- Departed
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Destination
- C · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MIA · Miami International, runway 27, 13,002 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 154 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4734 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.