ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74013
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| Date: | 28-FEB-2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 |
| Owner/operator: | NASA |
| Registration: | N817NA |
| MSN: | 46082/458 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Heklafjell -
 Iceland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Edwards Air Force Base, CA |
| Kiruna, Sweden | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) DC-8 airborne sciences research
airplane inadvertently flew through a diffuse volcanic ash cloud of the Mt. Hekla volcano in February
2000 during a flight from Edwards Air Force Base (Edwards, California) to Kiruna, Sweden. Although
the ash plume was not visible to the flight crew, sensitive research experiments and instruments detected it. In-flight performance checks and postflight visual inspections revealed no damage to the airplane or engine first-stage fan blades; subsequent detailed examination of the engines revealed clogged turbine cooling air passages. The engines were removed and overhauled.
Sources:
http://www.alpa.org/portals/alpa/volcanicash/03_NASADC8AshDamage.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2010 12:18 | Alessandro | Added |
| 20-Apr-2010 12:33 | harro | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2012 09:14 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
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