Boeing 727-232 N519DA
28 December 1985 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 December 1985 at about 18:33 local time, a Boeing 727-232 registered N519DA was involved in an incident near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. 131 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:33
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Ft Lauderdale Int'l (FLL)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-232
- Registration
- N519DA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Detroit
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA86MA048
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 |
Probable cause
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
AFTER GEAR RETRACTION DRG TAKEOFF, AT APRX 150' AGL, THE AIRCREW HEARD A LOUD NOISE & NOTED THE #2 ENG HAD FAILED. THEY SECURED THE ENG, DUMPED FUEL & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AN EXAM OF THE #2 ENG REVEALED THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER OUTER CASE, PN 616315, HAD FAILED FROM HI STRESS, LOW-CYCLE FATIGUE. THE FAILURE ORIGINATED AT A 4.6 INCH CRACK AT THE REAR DRAIN BOSS TO CASE WELD. AT THE LAST SHOP INSPN, A SUSPECTED CRACK WAS VISUALLY OBSVD IN THIS AREA. THE CASE WAS PREPARED FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING BY GRIT BLASTING IT WITH ALUMINUM OXIDE BEADS TO STRIP OFF NICKEL-CADMIUM PLATING. HOWEVER, THE TESTING DID NOT REVEAL A CRACK. THEREFORE, THE CASE WAS RECOATED WITH NICKEL-CADMIUM & RETURNED TO SVC. AFTER THE FAILURE, AN EXAM OF THE FRACTURE AREA REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF NICKEL & CADMIUM (0.5 TO 0.75 INCH, CENTERED ON THE FRACTURE ORIGIN AREA). THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT GRIT BLASTING (PRIOR TO NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING) HAD MECHANICALLY CLOSED THE PREV CRACK, THUS PREVENTING DETECTION. THE OPERATOR REVISED THE SHOP PROCEDURE TO A SHELL BLASTING METHOD.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 1985 | Boeing 727-200 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Aug 1985 | Boeing 727-225 | Richmond, Virginia, United States | Eastern Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jan 1985 | Boeing 727-225 | La Paz, Bolivia | - | Fatal | 29 |
| 8 Nov 1985 | Boeing 727-23 | Bellevue, Nebraska, United States | American Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 29 Mar 1985 | Boeing 727-200B | Mexico City, Mexico | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Oct 1985 | Boeing 727-200 | Oakland, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Feb 1985 | Globe SWIFT GC-1B | Rockledge, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 26 Feb 1985 | Cessna 210 | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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| 4 Mar 1985 | Piper PA-23-250 | Jacksonvile, Florida, United States | Thomas E. Daniels | Fatal | 2 |
| 16 Mar 1985 | Piper J3C-85 | Winter Haven, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | - |
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