McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N111AA

Summary

On 8 August 1985 at about 00:00 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 registered N111AA was involved in an incident near Detroit, Michigan, United States. 195 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 August 1985 at 00:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Detroit (DTW)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10

Registration

N111AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Detroit → Chicago

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI85IA339

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

ON AUGUST 7,1985 AT 2000 EDT, A MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-10-10 N111AA REGISTERED TO AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., HAD A PIECE OF THE ENGINE EXIT THE ENGINE CASE AND COWLING. ON CLIMB TO CRUISE AT DETROIT AIRPORT, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, WHILE ON A PASSENGER FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CREW AND 184 PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN ON AUGUST 7,1985 AT 1955 EDT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.