Boeing 707-323C HK284

Summary

On 27 November 1982 at about 13:53 local time, a Boeing 707-323C registered HK284, operated by Aerotal Ltda., was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida, United States. 116 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 November 1982 at 13:53

Classification

Accident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Miami International (MIA)

Coordinates

25.8202, -80.3007

Aircraft

Boeing 707-323C

Registration

HK284

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Aerotal Ltda.

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Miami → Bogota

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83FA036

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT CREW, A LOUD EXPLOSION WAS HEARD A FEW SECONDS AFTER REACHING TAKEOFF POWER AND THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. WHILE TAXIING, THE TOWER INFORMED THE FLIGHT CREW THAT FLAMES WERE COMING FROM THE NO. 4 ENGINE. THE AIRCREW STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND COMPLETED THE ENGINE FIRE PROCEDURES; HOWEVER, THE AIRPORT FIRE FIGHTERS EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NO. 4 ENGINE HAD FAILED AND HIGH ENERGY ENGINE PARTS WERE RELEASED WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME AND THE NO. 3 ENGINE. MOST OF THE ROTATING COMPONENTS, FORWARD OF 7TH STAGE COMPRESSOR DISK ASSEMBLY, WERE RELEASED DURING THE EXPLOSIVE FAILURE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE FIRST STAGE COMPRESSOR FAN BLADES SHOWED THAT THE NO. 15 FIRST STAGE FAN BLADE, PN 531601K, HAD FAILED FROM FATIGUE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED 3.2 HRS AFTER OVERHAUL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.