Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | vendredi 3 mai 1991 |
Heure: | 05:53 |
Type/Sous-type: |  Boeing 727-22QC |
Compagnie: | Ryan Airlines |
Immatriculation: | N425EX |
Numéro de série: | 19095/302 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1966-08-09 (24 years 9 months) |
Heures de vol: | 46981 |
Moteurs: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B |
Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 3 |
Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 3 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | Hartford-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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Phase de vol: | Au décollage (TOF) |
Nature: | Cargo |
Aéroport de départ: | Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL/KBDL), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Aéroport de destination: | Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Détails:Takeoff was aborted when the no. 3 engine had suffered an uncontained failure. The aircraft burned out.
It appeared that the 9th stage HP compressor disk had ruptured. Debris penetrated fuel, oil and hydraulic lines, causing a fire.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A catastrophic and uncontained failure of the no.3 engine which resulted in a fuel fed fire."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB  |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 11 months | Accident number: | NYC91FA125 | Download report: | Summary report
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Sources:
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 24.06.1991 (68)
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/94 (#18)
» NTSB
» Scramble Vol.13, nr.03
Opérations de secours
NTSB issued 3 Safety Recommendations
Issued: 11-JUN-1991 | To: FAA | A-91-42 |
IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT A DIRECTED SAFETY INVESTIGATION, IN CONJUCTION WITH PRATT & WHITNEY, TO DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE AND CAUSE OF THE CORROSION (PITTING) ON THE HIGH-PRESSURE COMPRESSOR ROTATING DISKS OF JT8D MODEL ENGINES, TO IDENTIFY THOSE ENGINES THAT ARE BEING OPERATED IN A MANNER THAT MAKES THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO CORROSION, AND TO DEVELOP CORRECTIVE ACTION THAT WILL ENSURE THE CONTINUED SAFE OPERATION OF THE THOSE ENGINES. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 11-JUN-1991 | To: FAA | A-91-43 |
REQUIRE THE ENGINE MANUFACTURER TO IMMEDIATELY INFORM ALL JT8D OPERATORS OF THE HPC CORROSION PITTING PROBLEM. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 11-JUN-1991 | To: FAA | A-91-44 |
ISSUE AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE TO REQUIRE TIMELY CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THAT ARE DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THE DIRECTED SAFETY INVESTIGATION. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
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accident date:
03-05-1991type: Boeing 727-22QC
registration: N425EX

accident date:
03-05-1991type: Boeing 727-22QC
registration: N425EX
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT et Boston-Logan International Airport, MA est de 145 km (91 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.