- Date
- August 10, 1988, 09:07 local (14:07 UTC)
- Place
- Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 5 minor, 97 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9060UBoeing 737-222
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880810035839A
- Case key
- 34500
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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
The sked air carrier flt was aborted after the capt heard a noise and felt a vibration emanating from the left side of the acft, which at the time, was perceived as a 'blown' tire. The acft was subsequently stopped on the active rwy, and an order fm the captain to remain seated was given. This order was almost immediately rescinded when it was learned, through a visual sighting, that the left eng was on fire. The captain issued a firm order and evacuation of the pax was initiated. The smoke from the left eng prohibited pax using the overwing exits from deplaning in the prescribed manner. The pax who were seriously injured were known to have jumped from the front of the wing instead of using the wing flap, which acts as a slide off the rear of the wing. Exam of the left eng revealed failure of the 4th stage turbine section.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9060U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-222
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9560
- Airframe hours
- 39,000
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-7, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines
- Registered owner
- United Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 25, 1987 · 2,856 hours before
- Departed
- LIT · Little Rock, AR
- Destination
- CHI · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LIT · Little Rock
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 8,000 in this make and model · 120 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.