Incident · 1997-03-18

NTSB case FTW97IA128 · McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1997-03-18
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (N12508)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CONTINENTAL AIRLINES

Probable cause

The failure of company maintenance personnel to perform a proper inspection of the combustion chamber outer case, thus allowing a detectable crack to grow to a length at which the case ruptured.

Source: NTSB case FTW97IA128

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.

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