- Date
- October 6, 1988, 23:55 local (Oct 7, 1988, 03:55 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N118FEBoeing 727-100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881006044679I
- Case key
- 36302
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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 #3 eng suffered an uncontained turbine blade failure during a takeoff roll. The takeoff was aborted at 120 KTS without further incident. Investigation revealed that all 12 tierods for the 2nd stage low compressor suffered a progessive failure. This resulted in the uncoupling of the fan section, imbalance in the 3,4,5, & 6 stages, uncoupling of the low power turbine and finally, overspeed & overheat of the turbine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118FE
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19300
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-7, 14,500 horsepower, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Federal Express, doing business as Federal Express Corporation
- Registered owner
- Federal Express
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- EWR · Newark, NJ
- Destination
- Memphis, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EWR · Newark Int'L, runway 4L, 7,460 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 429 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.