NONE · MCDONNELL-DOUGLAS DC-10-30 · 2009-03-26 · Bogota, CO
Event
NTSB number
ENG09IA004
Event ID
20090326X91955
Type
Incident
Date
2009-03-26
Location
Bogota, CO
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
4
Total aboard
4
Aircraft
Make
MCDONNELL-DOUGLAS
Model
DC-10-30
Registration
N526MD
FAR Part
UNK
Engines
3
Damage
MINR
Conditions
Light
—
Weather
—
Probable cause
Failure of the low pressure turbine stage 3 disk due to a design that is vulnerable to high pressure turbine unbalance-induced synchronous vibration that cannot be detected in flight, and the subsequent uncontained engine failure.