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Aviation accident ATL95MA106

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.

Source

Authoritative
NTSB CAROL
Machine
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