Narrative:
Failure of no. 1 engine during the takeoff from runway 35. After climbing to 50-100 feet the Bandeirante lost altitude and struck the ground. Part of the aircraft caught fire. It appeared that the compressor turbine blade of no. 1 engine had separated.
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Tuesday 24 May 1988 |
| Time: | 14:54 |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante |
| Operated by: | Atlantic Southeast Airlines - ASA |
| On behalf of: | Delta Connection |
| Registration: | N65DA |
| MSN: | 110389 |
| First flight: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13005 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lawton Municipal Airport, OK (LAW) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Lawton Municipal Airport, OK (LAW/KLAW), United States of America |
| Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW), United States of America |
Failure of no. 1 engine during the takeoff from runway 35. After climbing to 50-100 feet the Bandeirante lost altitude and struck the ground. Part of the aircraft caught fire. It appeared that the compressor turbine blade of no. 1 engine had separated.
Accident investigation:
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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 Lawton Municipal Airport, OK to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX as the crow flies is 224 km (140 miles).
Distance from Lawton Municipal Airport, OK to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX as the crow flies is 224 km (140 miles).
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