Boeing 737-222 N69AF

Summary

On 24 July 1988 at about 13:15 local time, a Boeing 737-222 registered N69AF, operated by Pan American World Airways, was involved in an incident near Miami, Florida, United States. 85 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 July 1988 at 13:15

Classification

Incident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Miami International (MIA)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737-222

Registration

N69AF

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Pan American World Airways

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Dallas

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA88IA231

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

FLT EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN THE COMBUSTION OUTER CASE RUPTURED. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED THE RUPTURED CASE HAD A 1/2 INCH CRACK IN IT WHEN IT WENT THROUGH OVERHAUL 16 CYCLES BEFORE THE FAILURE. IT WAS FURTHER DETERMINED THAT THE NICKLE AND CADMIUM PLATING PLACED ON THE CASE AT OVERHAUL WAS NOT PROPER THICKNESS RESULTING IN CADMIUM EMBRITTLEMENT OF THE CASE BASE MATERIAL AND THEN THE CASE RUPTURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.