# NTSB MKC84IA040: Douglas DC-9-15, N968E, Wichita, KS, December 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: December 18, 1983, 11:41 local (17:41 UTC)
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Location: 37.6500° N, 97.4330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NTL (ICT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6500&lon=-97.4330&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 47 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33571
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84IA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33571/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84IA040

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - roll/run
  - turbine assembly,shaft - failure,total (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command
- Fire, taxi
  - emergency procedure - performed, pilot in command

## Analysis

A CATASTROPHIC (UNCONTAINTED) FAILURE OF THE LEFT ENGINE OCCURRED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED & FIRE ERUPTED ON THE TAXI BACK TO THE GATE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN TURBINE LONG SHAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N968E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N968E-1988-05-26), registration cancelled 1988-05-26, S/N 45786 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-9-15
- Registry model: [Douglas DC9-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc9-15) (registry code 3022036) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 45786
- Airframe hours: 38764
- Engines: P&W JT8D-7B 14000 lbs thrust turbo jet
- Damage: No damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: Continental Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Destination: DEN, DENVER, CO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ICT, Mid-Continent, runway 1R, 7,302 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 10,500 total, 340 in this make and model, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 3 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICT

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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