Incident · 1997-01-31
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-01-31
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Boeing 757-232 (N611DL)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
failure of the Stage 1 High Pressure Turbine due to a fatigue fracture in a disk blade retention lug.
Source: NTSB case ATL97IA035Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.