Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33315
Monday, March 30, 1998 21:14 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On takeoff roll, between 90 and 100 knots, the No. 2 engine sustained an uncontained failure. The flight crew aborted the takeoff and when informed that smoke was emanating from No. 2 engine, the crew brought the airplane to a stop on a taxiway, and the pilot commanded a passenger emergency evacuation. Examination of the engine revealed that one of 12 low pressure compressor (LPC) rear tiebolts fractured at its 4th stage disk land and was separated into the plenum ahead of the LPC. The separated tierod impacted the other 11 tierods until they eventually fractured, causing catastrophic separation of the LPC assembly between the 3rd and 4th stage rotors. Metallurgical examination of the failed tierods revealed the first tierod failed due to fatigue and the other 11 due to stress. It was further revealed that an anti-gallant treatment to the tierods that are used to bolt the 3rd through 6th compressor disks together as a unit was not present. The treatment is applied to the lands of the tierods at manufacture as specified in Pratt & Whitney Service Bulletin No. 5407.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Failure of the No.2 engine low pressure compressor rear tierod. Also contributing to the accident was failure of the manufacturer to apply an antigallant treatment to the tierod's compressor disk lands during manufacture.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/30/1998
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 2114
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City FORT LAUDERDALE
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 33315
Event Date Year 1998
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport FT. LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD
Event Location Nearest Airport ID FLL
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 11
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 2114 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 270
Weather Observation Facility ID FLL
Elevation of weather observation facility 11
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 2000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 28
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 22
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 120
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 12
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 1483
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 14
Injury Total None 177
Injury Total Serious 3
Injury Total All 17
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1446
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Mar 30 1998 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2145
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Dec 11 2000 10:56AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number CFRYS
NTSB Number MIA98FA112
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 129: Foreign
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Minor
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Boeing
Aircraft Model 727-212
Aircraft Series Identifier 727-212
Aircraft Serial Number 21349
Certified Max Gross Weight 199200
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class Foreign Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 195
Number of Engines 3
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Mar 8 1998 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 93
Airframe Hours 54355
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ROYAL AVIATION, INC
Aircraft Owner Street Address 685 GRAHAM STUART BLVD. N
Aircraft Owner City DORVAL
Aircraft Owner State QU
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code QN
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight International
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger/Cargo
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code FLL
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 2114
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code YYZ
Destination City TORONTO
Destination State ON
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Dec 20 2002 12:42PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 9L
Runway Length 9001
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --