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| Date: | Sunday 24 August 1997 |
| Time: | 13:50 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A300B4-203 |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways |
| Registration: | N862PA |
| MSN: | 211 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | GE CF6-50C2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 265 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Los Angeles, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After feeling a vibration in the aircraft during the takeoff roll, the cockpit crew heard a loud bang and the right-hand (number 2) engine failed. The captain rejected the takeoff and stopped the airplane on the remaining runway. Postincident examination revealed that the tire tread was absent from the number 3 tire on the right-hand main landing gear. One piece of black rubber resembling the tire tread was found lodged in the fan outlet guide vanes. Black smearing marks were observed on several of the fan blades and bent stator vanes of the engine, which also resembled the tire tread material. There was substantial damage to the engine and minor airframe damage.
Probable Cause: Separation of the landing gear tire tread and subsequent ingestion of the tread into the intake of the engine.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX97IA300
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 11:04 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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