SERS · Douglas DC-9-32 · 1995-06-08 · ATLANTA, GA, USA
Event
NTSB number
ATL95MA106
Event ID
20001207X03623
Type
Accident
Date
1995-06-08
Location
ATLANTA, GA, USA
Coordinates
33.609153, -84.489776
Injuries
Highest injury
SERS
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Minor
6
Uninjured
55
Total aboard
62
Aircraft
Make
Douglas
Model
DC-9-32
Registration
N908VJ
FAR Part
121
Engines
2
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DUSK
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
failure of Turk Hava Yollari maintenance and inspection personnel to perform a proper inspection of a 7th stage high compressor disc, thus allowing the detectable crack to grow to a length at which the disc ruptured, under normal operating conditions, propelling engine fragments into the fuselage; the fragments severed the right engine main fuel line, which resulted in a fire that rapidly engulfed the cabin area. The lack of an adequate recordkeeping system and the failure to use 'process sheets' to document the step-by-step overhaul/inspection procedures contributed to the failure to detect the crack and, thus, to the accident.