Douglas DC-8-71 N1300L

Summary

On 8 September 1985 at about 15:20 local time, a Douglas DC-8-71 registered N1300L, operated by Delta Airlines, was involved in an incident near West Palm Bch, Florida, United States. 107 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 September 1985 at 15:20

Classification

Incident

Location

West Palm Bch, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

West Palm Beach (pbi)

Coordinates

26.6600, -80.0898

Aircraft

Douglas DC-8-71

Registration

N1300L

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Delta Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Palm Bch → Atlanta

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA85IA246

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

DURING TAKE OFF ROLL THE #4 ENGINE FAILED CAUSING CATOSTROPHIC DESTRUCTION OF THE ENGINE. DURING SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION THE LEFT VGV ACTUATOR PIN WAS FOUND TO BE MISSING. WITHOUT THIS PIN THE VGV ARM8 ARE AYSEMETRICALLY DRIVEN. THE VGV ARMS WERE FOUND BROKEN IN HIGH STRESS LOW CYCLE DRIVEN. THE VGV ARMS WERE FOUND BROKEN IN HIGH STRESS LOW CYCLE FATIGUE. THE HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSER BLADES WERE FAILED IN LOW STRESS HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.