Incident · 1999-06-25

NTSB case LAX99IA230 · Boeing DC-9-82 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1999-06-25
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Boeing DC-9-82 (N450AA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: WILMINGTON TRUST C0 Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): WILMINGTON TRUST C0

Probable cause

failure of the number three bearing. The resulting oil leak from the bearing led to coke/carbon buildup, which resulted in chafing of the turbine's low-pressure compressor drive shaft on the rear compressor seal tube and subsequent fracture of the drive shaft.

Source: NTSB case LAX99IA230

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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