Airbus A300 B4-203 N862PA
24 August 1997 · Los Angeles, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 August 1997 at about 20:50 local time, a Airbus A300 B4-203 registered N862PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, In, was involved in an incident near Los Angeles, California, United States. 265 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:50
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Los Angeles International (LAX)
- Coordinates
- 33.9508, -118.4003
- Aircraft
- Airbus A300 B4-203
- Registration
- N862PA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Pan American World Airways, In
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Jamaica
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX97IA300
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 |
Probable cause
Separation of the landing gear tire tread and subsequent ingestion of the tread into the intake of the engine.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
After feeling a vibration in the aircraft during the takeoff roll, the cockpit crew heard a loud bang and the right-hand (number 2) engine failed. The captain rejected the takeoff and stopped the airplane on the remaining runway. Postincident examination revealed that the tire tread was absent from the number 3 tire on the right-hand main landing gear. One piece of black rubber resembling the tire tread was found lodged in the fan outlet guide vanes. Black smearing marks were observed on several of the fan blades and bent stator vanes of the engine, which also resembled the tire tread material. There was substantial damage to the engine and minor airframe damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 1997 | Airbus A300-600 | Saudia Arabia, Saudi Arabia | Emirates Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 27 Nov 1998 | Airbus A300-600 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Korean Airlines | Unknown | - |
| 20 Apr 1998 | Airbus A300-600 | Atlantic Ocean | American Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jul 1998 | Airbus A300 | London, United Kingdom | American Airlines, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 28 Sep 1998 | Airbus A300-600 | Paris, France | American Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 28 Nov 2001 | Airbus A300-600 | Lima, Peru | American Airlines Inc | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 1997 | Bell UH-1H | Tahoe City, California, United States | Usda / Forest Service | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Oct 1997 | Cessna 152 | Julian, California, United States | Plus One Flyers, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 Oct 1997 | Schweizer 2-32 | Warner Springs, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Oct 1997 | Bellanca 7ECA | Tracy, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 26 Oct 1997 | Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 | Castaic, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 27 Oct 1997 | Cessna U206B | Markleeville, California, United States | Reinhold J. Lukas | Fatal | 4 |