Fokker F27-500 N242MA

Summary

On 9 September 1985 at about 13:20 local time, a Fokker F27-500 registered N242MA, operated by Midstate Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 32 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 September 1985 at 13:20

Classification

Incident

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

O'hara Iap (ORD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Fokker F27-500

Registration

N242MA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Midstate Airlines, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chicago → Mosinee

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85IA369

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 ABOUT THE TIME FULL POWER WAS OBTAINED THE HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A FIRE WARNING FOR THE LEFT ENGINE. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE CREW SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED ON THE TAXIWAY AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THE FIRE WAS OUT & THERE WAS NO MORE DANGER. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE LOW PRESSURE IMPELLER FAILED IN A HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE MODE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.