Date: | Friday 3 May 1991 |
Time: | 05:53 |
Type: | Boeing 727-22QC |
Owner/operator: | Ryan Airlines |
Registration: | N425EX |
MSN: | 19095/302 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Total airframe hrs: | 46981 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Hartford-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL/KBDL) |
Destination airport: | Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Takeoff was aborted when the no. 3 engine had suffered an uncontained failure. The aircraft burned out.
It appeared that the 9th stage HP compressor disk had ruptured. Debris penetrated fuel, oil and hydraulic lines, causing a fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A catastrophic and uncontained failure of the no.3 engine which resulted in a fuel fed fire."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC91FA125 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Aviation Week & Space Technology 24.06.1991 (68)
ICAO Adrep Summary 4/94 (#18)
NTSB
Scramble Vol.13, nr.03
Location
Images:
photo (c) Phil Brooks; Hartford-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL); 03 May 1991
photo (c) Phil Brooks; Hartford-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL); 03 May 1991
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