AA@DFW From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 397 posts, RR: 1 Posted (12 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 2318 times:
Link to the following location to see pictures from AVweb on a US Air 767-200 that experienced a catastrophic engine failure during a full-power run up in maintenance.
TEDSKI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (12 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 2237 times:
I am glad that is incident did not happen in the air with passengers on board. This would have been a very serious blow for US Airways after what happened with Flt 427 in Pittsburgh in 1994. Does this engine failure involving a GE CF6 have anything to with the inspections the FAA mandated this past summer to look for possible cracks in the engine spools?
Bruce From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5027 posts, RR: 17 Reply 2, posted (12 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2209 times:
Was this jet refurbished or written off? It seems to be in good condition other than the wing/engine area
Bruce Leibowitz - Jackson, MS (KJAN) - Canon 50D/100-400L IS lens
CV990A From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 1391 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (12 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2146 times:
They wrote it off- apparently the wing spar was damaged in the incident. Thank god this happened on the ground with no pax.
Hypermike From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 1001 posts, RR: 5 Reply 4, posted (12 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 2132 times:
I read this in a newsletter published by a PHL-based Flight Attendant:
NAME THAT ENGINE:
The Federal Aviation Administration today issued an airworthiness directive
making the time required for previously ordered inspections of General
Electric (GE) CF-6 engines more restrictive. The inspections are being done
to detect cracking in the high-pressure compressor stage (3-9 spool) that
could cause an uncontained engine failure. The compressor in an aircraft
engine compresses the incoming air and speeds it up before it enters the
combustion chamber to mix with fuel. The engines affected are CF6-45, -50,
-80A, -80C2 and -80E1 models. Aircraft with these engines include Boeing
747s, 767s, DC-10s and MD-11s, and Airbus A300s, A310s and A330s. There
are about 1,180 such engines in the U. S. fleet approximately 1400
worldwide. Total cost to U.S. operators for removal and inspection of the
high-compressor parts of these engines is estimated at a maximum of
$18,800,000.
Less than two months later here is what appeared in my 10-10 newsletter:
WHO WANTS TO PLAY WITH A 767?
A couple of weeks ago in PHL, three maintenance employees took a 767
(aircraft # 654) out to do a maintenance runup on taxiway kilo when the
left engine experienced an uncontained catastrophic failure. I guess you
could say it was a failed and very expensive, runup. $Cha-ching$
B747-437B From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (12 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2104 times:
I believe that the aircraft in question is N654US (msn 25225) and the initial decision to write off that aircraft has been changed and they will attempt to fix the damage.
ILUV767 From United States of America, joined May 2000, 3141 posts, RR: 8 Reply 8, posted (12 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2087 times:
They will not write off that plane.
The engine can be replaced, and the wing can be fixed. After an investigation by the FAA, GE, and Boeing, that plane will be back up in the skies. And yes, i'll be the first to fly on it. Its still safe, and the plane is still young, well middl aged. I expect to see it up in the air again by January.
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And yes, i'll be the first to fly on it. Its still safe, and the plane is still young, well middl aged. I expect to see it up in the air again by January.
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