Safety recommendation : combustion chamber outer case

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• Creators:
  Hall, J.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Accident Investigations Aircraft Engine Cowlings Aircraft Engines Air Engines Airplanes Aviation Accidents Aviation Safety Combustion Chambers Commercial Aviation Crash Investigation Failure(Mechanics) Follow Up Investigation Jt8d-219 National Transportation Safety Board National Transportation System Recommendations Takeoff Uncontained Failure

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  NTSB-A-99-51 thorugh -54
• Resource Type:
  Policy Statement
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Transportation Safety Board
• Abstract:
  On October 15, 1998, Delta Air Lines flight 915, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88, N902DE, experienced an uncontained failure in the No. 2 (right) engine, a PRatt &Whitney (P&W) JT8D-219, immediately after takeoff from Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts. The pilots reported that, just after takeoff, they felt a light thump, the airplane yawed to the right, and the cockpit instrumentation indicated that the No. 2 engine has lost power. The pilots then declared an emergency and returned to Boston. None of the 128 passengers, 4 flight attendants, and 2 pilots on board were injured. The airplane was operating on an instrument flight rules flight plan under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a regularly scheduled passenger flght from Boston to Atlanta, Georgia.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6c4ad2156f96feabaf061a8fa4b85542a38087c9c3cd94ad456cf75f518a62b4eb9a2acc3df34f7485e132bfecdafe83f09817d59200753b4e9cf3a424518938
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15259/dot_15259_DS1.pdf
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