Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 25 December 1965
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-8-33
Owner/operator: Japan Air Lines – JAL
Registration Number: JA8006
Location: near San Fransisco, CA –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41
Component Affected: Low-pressure compressor torque ringLow-pressure compressor torque ring
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
Flight 813 experienced an uncontained engine failure at an altitude of 4500 feet during climb, resulting in an in-flight fire. The fire was quickly extinguished, leading to a safe emergency landing at Oakland Airport. The probable cause was a disintegrating engine failure and in-flight fire caused by inadequate maintenance of the low-pressure compressor torque ring during engine overhaul.Flight 813 experienced an uncontained engine failure at an altitude of 4500 feet during climb, resulting in an in-flight fire. The fire was quickly extinguished, leading to a safe emergency landing at Oakland Airport. The probable cause was a disintegrating engine failure and in-flight fire caused by inadequate maintenance of the low-pressure compressor torque ring during engine overhaul.
Description
Flight 813 took off from San Francisco at 13:08 and suffered an uncontained no. 1 engine while climbing through 4500 feet. A fire erupted in the area of the no. 1 engine, but this was quickly extinguished. A safe emergency landing was made at Oakland Airport, CA. PROBABLE CAUSE: “A disintegrating engine failure and in-flight fire caused by the failure of maintenance personnel to properly secure the low pressure compressor section torque ring during engine overhaul.”
Primary Cause
Disintegrating engine failure and in-flight fire caused by inadequate maintenance of the low-pressure compressor torque ring during engine overhaul.Disintegrating engine failure and in-flight fire caused by inadequate maintenance of the low-pressure compressor torque ring during engine overhaul.Share on:
