ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75040
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| Date: | 15-MAR-2005 |
| Time: | 01:22 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-322 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N656UA |
| MSN: | 25394/472 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 149 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Ezeiza International Airport, Ezeiza Partido, Buenos Aires -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Ezeiza Airport, Buenos Aires (EZE/SAEZ) |
| Houston, Texas (IAH/KIAH) | |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC Argentina |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On March 15, 2005, United Airlines flight UA846, a Boeing B767-322, N656UA, experienced a left engine surge during takeoff at Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The flight crew aborted the takeoff and the 10 crew and 168 passengers performed an emergency evacuation. Of the 178 passengers and crew, five sustained minor injuries, mostly associated with deployment and use of the emergency evacuation slides
Cause
On a regular international air transport flight, during the take-off run, the take-off run was interrupted before V1 when an engine failed due to internal damage, due to excessive torque of the levelling arm fixing bolts corresponding to the sixth stage of the high pressure compressor, which triggered the detachment of a blade in the compressor.
Sources:
1. https://www.jiaac.gob.ar/files/2364057.pdf
2. NTSB Identification: DCA05WA043 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20050318X00331&ntsbno=DCA05WA043&akey=1
3. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=656UA
4. https://jiaac.gob.ar/files/2364063.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Oct-2010 13:47 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 29-Jun-2016 21:58 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2020 14:43 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2020 14:43 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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