Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 19 April 1970
Aircraft Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62
Owner/operator: Scandinavian Airlines System – SAS
Registration Number: SE-DBE
Location: Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) –
ÿ Italy
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 65
Component Affected: The no. 1 engine’s first stage fan disk.The no. 1 engine’s first stage fan disk.
Category: Accident
A no. 1 engine suffered a uncontained failure at 50 meters into the takeoff roll, resulting in debris bouncing off the runway and ruptured the center fuel tank. Fuel leaked, igniting, causing a fire.A no. 1 engine suffered a uncontained failure at 50 meters into the takeoff roll, resulting in debris bouncing off the runway and ruptured the center fuel tank. Fuel leaked, igniting, causing a fire.
Description
The no. 1 engine suffered a uncontained failure 50 m into the takeoff roll. Debris bounced off the runway against the wing and ruptured the center fuel tank. The leaking fuel caught fire. CAUSE: Failure of no. 1 engine first stage fan disk, causing a leak in the no. 2 fuel tank.
Primary Cause
Failure of the first stage fan disk of the no. 1 engine.Failure of the first stage fan disk of the no. 1 engine.Share on:
