McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 N930VV

Summary

On 12 December 1995 at about 15:03 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 registered N930VV was involved in an incident near Dfw Airport, Texas, United States. 59 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 December 1995 at 15:03

Classification

Incident

Location

Dfw Airport, Texas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32

Registration

N930VV

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Atlanta

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW96IA066

Nobody was injured.

fatigue failure of a first stage, high pressure, turbine blade.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

After takeoff, Valujet Flight 224, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, was climbing through about 5,000 feet, when a contained failure of the #2 engine occurred. The flight crew secured the engine and declared an emergency, and the airplane was vectored back to the airport, where a single engine landing was made without further incident. Examination and teardown of the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A engine revealed that a turbine blade (part number 823201) in the first stage high pressure turbine assembly had failed due to fatigue. The blade part number indicated that the leading edge of the blade had been reworked in accordance with Pratt & Whitney Service Bulletin 4345 to remove cracking. The engine had accumulated a total of 32,028 flight hours and 25,603 cycles, since last overhaul, it had accumulated 2,794 flight hours and 2,329 cycles.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.