Airbus A-300-600R N70054

Summary

On 24 October 1988 at about 22:15 local time, a Airbus A-300-600R registered N70054, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident near San Juan. 274 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 October 1988 at 22:15

Classification

Incident

Location

San Juan

Nearest airport

Luis Munoz Marin Intl (SJU)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Airbus A-300-600R

Registration

N70054

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

American Airlines, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → New York

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA89IA016

2 people had minor injuries.

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

THE ACFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 8 AT 1810 AST. THE PLT REPORTED A RT ENG FIRE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE ACFT WAS LANDED AT 1815 AST, TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY, AND ALL THE PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED VIA THE SLIDES. ACCORDING TO MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL IN SAN JUAN, THE #2 HIGH PRESSURE BLEED VALVE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE BLEED VALVE REVEALED THAT THE BAND CLAMPS THAT SECURE THE BLEED VALVE TO THE ENGINE WERE UNDERTORQUED DURING INSTALLATION, ALLOWING THE PREMATURE SEPARATION OF THE BLEED VALVE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.