- Date
- August 21, 1983, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Norfolk, VA
- Injuries
- 289 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N69NADouglas DC-10-10
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30831
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Turbine assembly,turbine blade - failure,totalCause
Emergency procedure - performed
Analysis
Acft experienced severe vibrations in flight & made a precautionary landing after shutting down the number 2 engine. It was determined in a subsequent teardown that the second stage high pressure turbine blade had failed in flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69NA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46942
- Airframe hours
- 23,234
- Engine
- GE CF6-6, 40,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Pan-American World Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 19, 1983 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Destination
- JFK · New York City, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- 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
- 16,000 total · 1,060 in this make and model · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Observed at
- PHF, 25 nm away