# NTSB MIA83IA043: Boeing 727-225, N8871Z, Sarasota, FL, December 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: December 6, 1982, 17:09 local (22:09 UTC)
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Coordinates: 27.879323, -82.330345 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8793&lon=-82.3303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 21 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72553
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83IA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72553/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83IA043

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - roll/run
  - compressor assembly,forward fan - foreign object damage (cause)
  - compressor assembly,forward fan - fatigue (cause)
  - compressor assembly,forward fan - separation
  - compressor assembly - failure,total

## Analysis

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE NR 2 ENGINE OCCURRED DRG TKOF ROLL. TKOF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO FIRE ALTHOUGH ENGINE PARTS PENETRATED THE ENGINE CASE AND COWLING SEVERING COIL AND HYDRAULIC LINES AND ELECTRICAL WIRES AND PENETRATED THE AFT FUSELAGE AND CAUSED FOD TO NR 3 ENGINE. ACFT WAS TAXIED TO GATE WHERE PASSENGERS DEPLANED NORMALLY. EXAMINATION OF NR 2 ENGINE REVEALED FATIGUE FAILURE OF FIRST STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADE. EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS FOD AT FATIGUE ORIGINATION SITE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8871Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-225
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21289
- Airframe hours: 19276
- Engines: P & W JT8D-15 15500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Eastern Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner: Bankers Trust Company
- Departed: SRQ, SARASOTA, FL
- Destination: ORLANDO, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SRQ, Sarasota-Bradenton, runway 31, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 12,100 total, 6,901 in this make and model, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 167 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SRQ

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19821206015829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821206015829I), Dec 6, 1982: Boeing 727225, Sarasota, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot had a failure of #2 engine on takeoff. Aborted. Found fatigue separation of a first stage fan blade.

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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