McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F N104WA

Summary

On 22 August 1982 at about 01:19 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F registered N104WA, operated by World Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident near Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. 393 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 August 1982 at 01:19

Classification

Incident

Location

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Nearest airport

Honolulu (HNL)

Coordinates

21.3003, -157.8598

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F

Registration

N104WA

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

World Airways, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Honolulu → Los Angeles

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82IA309

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AT ROTATION, THE FIRE BELL AND THE #2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CREW NOTED A POWER LOSS ON THE #2 ENGINE. THE TAKEOFF WAS CONTINUED, THE ENGINE SECURED AND THE FIRE BOTTLES DISCHARGED. THE FIRE CONTINUED TO BURN. THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED AND MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT BRAKE SYSTEM OVERHEATED DURING THE OVERWEIGHT LANDING, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE OR INJURIES. TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT A COMPRESSOR BLADE HAD SEPARATED IN FATIGUE ON THE 6TH STAGE HPC ROTOR. THE FAILED BLADE THEN DAMAGED THE 7TH AND REMAINING STAGES AND IGNITED A TITANIUM CASE FIRE. THE ORIGIN OF THE FATIGUE APPEARED TO HAVE PROPAGATED FROM THE DOVETAIL AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.