ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325034
| Date: | Monday 28 February 1994 |
| Time: | 23:05 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Rich International Airways |
| Registration: | N303EA |
| MSN: | 1004 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 46234 hours |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce RB211-22B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During takeoff for a ferry flight to Miami, the TriStar experienced a mechanical power loss on the number 3 and number 1 engines and an internal fire on the number 1 engine. The takeoff was aborted and during the taxi back, the fire on the number 1 engine was extinguished.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the sixth stage disc on the intermediate compressor stage 6/7th rotor shaft assembly in the number three engine, due to corrosion pitting and fatigue cracking of the failed disc. A factor related to the accident was: failure of the airline company to follow provisions of the service bulletin. Foreign object damage to the number one engine was the result of the uncontained failure of the number three engine."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB id ANC94FA036
NTSB Safety Recommendation A-94-92
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