ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325927
Date: | Sunday 28 October 1990 |
Time: | 13:45 |
Type: | Dassault Falcon 50 |
Owner/operator: | Dow Chemical Company |
Registration: | N52DC |
MSN: | 126 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Parkersburg, WV -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Lewisburg-Greenbrier Valley Airport, WV (LWB/KLWB) |
Destination airport: | Freeland-Tri City Airport, MI (MBS/KMBS) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:N52DC was climbing through FL280 when the flight crew felt a 'violent shudder' in the airframe and observed indications of a left engine failure. Visual examination of the left engine revealed the fan section had separated (uncontained failure/tearaway). The airplane was landed without further incident. A post-accident examination of the parts revealed the fan disc failed catastrophically due to low cycle fatigue.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Catastrophic failure of the left engine fan disc due to low cycle fatigue."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC91LA020 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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