ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362781
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| Date: | Monday 12 October 1992 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-300 |
| Owner/operator: | Usair |
| Registration: | N586US |
| MSN: | 23931/1552 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15560 hours |
| Engine model: | GE CFM 56-3B2/B1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 133 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Pittsburgh, PA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | (KPIT) |
| Charlotte, NC (KCLT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIR CARRIER B 737 300 WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL, WHEN THE AIRCREW WAS ADVISED BY OTHER AIRPLANES THAT 'SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE...COMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE.' THE CREW ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, STOPPED THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY AND ORDERED AN EVACUATION BY THE EMERGENCY SLIDES. NONE OF THE 5 CREWMEMBERS NOR THE 128 PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE ENGINE FIRE WAS SUPPRESSED WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. THE FAILURE WAS CONTAINED TO THE ENGINE INTERIOR. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE FAILURE OF 2 BLADES OF THE STAGE 1 HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR.
Probable Cause: THE HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE FAILURE OF BLADES ON THE STAGE 1 HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR, WHICH RESULTED IN BLADE FRACTURE AND SUBSEQUENT INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE AND FIRE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC93IA017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 10:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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