Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Fort Lauderdale Int'l Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33315
Tuesady, June 27, 2000 20:30 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The captain stated that the copilot was flying the aircraft, and after rotation, as they were climbing through about 150 to 200 feet, there was the sound of a loud bang, and they felt extreme vibrations. The captain stated that the No. 2 engine gages went to zero, and there was no indication of fire. He further stated that the copilot continued flying the aircraft, and stayed in the pattern, returning for an otherwise uneventful landing. Postincident examination of the airplane revealed that a 2 to 3-foot section of the right engine nacelle, from approximately the 9:00 to the 6:00 o'clock positions, had torn outward, in line with the high-pressure turbine (HPT) area of the engine. Macroscopic examinations, as well as microscopic examinations of the No. 2 engine and recovered portions were conducted, and the examinations revealed a 360-degree circumferential groove on the aft face of the disk, just outboard of the aft 4-tooth knife-edge steel flange. The groove in the disk was consistent with the disk having been in contact with the 1st-stage low-pressure turbine support/nozzle assembly inner casting forward static seal. In addition, rivet holes on the forward static seal, and on the forward flange revealed the presence of fretting marks, which were inconsistent with those of a tightly mated assembly. Instead, the fretting was indicative of an assembly that allowed relative motion between the surfaces. Furthermore, an examination using a scanning electron microscope on the available rivet heads and rivet shanks revealed that one of the rivet shanks showed indications of fatigue, and that the fatigue originated from at least two areas on the outer diameter surface of the shank, and was indicative of high cycle fatigue. There were also heavy fretting underneath the heads of the rivets on the surface that mated with the seal, and the fretting was similar to that found on the front face of the seal, The fretting was consistent with there being insufficient clamping preload on the rivets.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
the fatigue failure of the rivets used to secure the inner casting forward static seal to the 1st-stage low-pressure turbine support/nozzle assembly. The failure of the rivets allowed the forward static seal to machine a groove into the 2nd-stage high-pressure turbine disk to a depth that the disk could not withstand the operating loads, eventually leading to a disk burst and a high pressure turbine failure.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 6/27/2000 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 2030 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | FORT LAUDERDALE |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 33315 |
| Event Date Year | 2000 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | FORT LAUDERDALE INT'L |
| 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 | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1953 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | FLL |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 11 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 15000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 79 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 72 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 70 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 1100 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 10824 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA COMM CNTR ATL |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jun 27 2000 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 830 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 23 2001 10:32AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | XATDU |
| NTSB Number | MIA00IA191 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Dassault |
| Aircraft Model | F2TH FALCON |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | F2TH FALCO |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 029 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 36500 |
| 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 | 10 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 3 2000 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 73 |
| Airframe Hours | 2092 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | AVIACION COMERCIAL DE AMERICA |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | AV CONSTITUTION # 444, |
| Aircraft Owner City | MONTERREY |
| Aircraft Owner State | OF |
| 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 | |
| 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 | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | FLL |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 2030 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | MMMY |
| Destination City | MONTERREY |
| Destination State | OF |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 5 2001 4:45AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 9 |
| Runway Length | 9000 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |