Incident · 1996-11-23

NTSB case FTW97IA045 · McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1996-11-23
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (N3507A)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICAN AIRLINES

Probable cause

The failure of the low pressure turbine shaft. A factor was the coke build up on the low pressure turbine shaft.

Flight 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.

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