Unfallbericht:
During takeoff for a ferry flight to Miami, the TriStar experienced a mechanical power loss on the number 3 and number 1 engines and an internal fire on the number 1 engine. The takeoff was aborted and during the taxi back, the fire on the number 1 engine was extinguished.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the sixth stage disc on the intermediate compressor stage 6/7th rotor shaft assembly in the number three engine, due to corrosion pitting and fatigue cracking of the failed disc. A factor related to the accident was: failure of the airline company to follow provisions of the service bulletin. Foreign object damage to the number one engine was the result of the uncontained failure of the number three engine."
» NTSB Safety Recommendation A-94-92
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Datum: | Montag 28 Februar 1994 |
| Zeit: | 23:05 |
| Flugzeugtyp: |  Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Rich International Airways |
| Kennzeichen: | N303EA |
| Werknummer: | 1004 |
| Baujahr: | |
| Betriebsstunden: | 46234 |
| Triebwerk: | 3 Rolls-Royce RB211-22B |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3 |
| Sachschaden: | schwer beschädigt |
| Konsequenzen: | Repaired |
| Unfallort: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI) ( USA)
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| Flugphase: | Start (TOF) |
| Betriebsart: | Leerflug |
| Flug von: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA), USA |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), USA | |
| Flugnummer: | 303 |
During takeoff for a ferry flight to Miami, the TriStar experienced a mechanical power loss on the number 3 and number 1 engines and an internal fire on the number 1 engine. The takeoff was aborted and during the taxi back, the fire on the number 1 engine was extinguished.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the sixth stage disc on the intermediate compressor stage 6/7th rotor shaft assembly in the number three engine, due to corrosion pitting and fatigue cracking of the failed disc. A factor related to the accident was: failure of the airline company to follow provisions of the service bulletin. Foreign object damage to the number one engine was the result of the uncontained failure of the number three engine."
Accident investigation:
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Informationsquelle:
» NTSB id ANC94FA036» NTSB Safety Recommendation A-94-92
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Distance from Fairbanks International Airport, AK to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 6324 km (3953 miles).
Distance from Fairbanks International Airport, AK to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 6324 km (3953 miles).
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