What was found
DURING CLIMB OUT NUMBER ONE ENGINE FAILED. FLIGHT RETURNED TO MIA FOUND TURBINE DAMAGE. CHANGED NUMBER ONE ENGINE. A FIRST STAGE TURBINE BLADE FRACTURED DUE TO OVER STRESS, DAMAGING ALL PARTS AFT OF THE FIRST STAGE TURBINE.
- Difficulty date
- July 17, 2001
- Submitted
- December 5, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N9406W
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53126
- Aircraft time
- 26,236 hours, 12,650 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D219
- Engine time
- 47,918 hours, 24,737 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7250 · Turbine Section
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 5002201031
- Condition
- Fractured
- Location
- Engine
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R
- Precautionary procedure
- B, A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.