Narrative:
Flight 813 took off from San Francisco at 13:08 and suffered an uncontained no. 1 engine while climbing through 4500 feet. A fire erupted in the area of the no. 1 engine, but this was quickly extinguished. A safe emergency landing was made at Oakland Airport, CA.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A disintegrating engine failure and in-flight fire caused by the failure of maintenance personnel to properly secure the low pressure compressor section torque ring during engine overhaul."
Uncontained engine failure
Forced landing on runway
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Saturday 25 December 1965 |
| Time: | 13:11 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-8-33 |
| Operator: | Japan Air Lines - JAL |
| Registration: | JA8006 |
| MSN: | 45626/143 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13423 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | near San Fransisco, CA ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO), United States of America |
| Honolulu International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | JL813 |
Flight 813 took off from San Francisco at 13:08 and suffered an uncontained no. 1 engine while climbing through 4500 feet. A fire erupted in the area of the no. 1 engine, but this was quickly extinguished. A safe emergency landing was made at Oakland Airport, CA.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A disintegrating engine failure and in-flight fire caused by the failure of maintenance personnel to properly secure the low pressure compressor section torque ring during engine overhaul."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Wrong installation of parts Uncontained engine failure
Forced landing on runway
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from San Francisco International Airport, CA to Honolulu International Airport, HI as the crow flies is 3831 km (2395 miles).
Distance from San Francisco International Airport, CA to Honolulu International Airport, HI as the crow flies is 3831 km (2395 miles).
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