Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Honolulu Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Honolulu, Hawaii 96850
Saturday, August 21, 1982 15:19 HST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
AT ROTATION, THE FIRE BELL AND THE #2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CREW NOTED A POWER LOSS ON THE #2 ENGINE. THE TAKEOFF WAS CONTINUED, THE ENGINE SECURED AND THE FIRE BOTTLES DISCHARGED. THE FIRE CONTINUED TO BURN. THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED AND MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT BRAKE SYSTEM OVERHEATED DURING THE OVERWEIGHT LANDING, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE OR INJURIES. TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT A COMPRESSOR BLADE HAD SEPARATED IN FATIGUE ON THE 6TH STAGE HPC ROTOR. THE FAILED BLADE THEN DAMAGED THE 7TH AND REMAINING STAGES AND IGNITED A TITANIUM CASE FIRE. THE ORIGIN OF THE FATIGUE APPEARED TO HAVE PROPAGATED FROM THE DOVETAIL AREA.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 8/21/1982 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1519 |
| Event Time Zone | Hawaii Standard Time |
| Event City | HONOLULU |
| Event State | HAWAII |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 96850 |
| Event Date Year | 1982 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | HONOLULU |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | HNL |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 1455 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | HNL |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Unknown |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 25 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 88 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 80 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 16 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| 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 | 393 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5094 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 31 2002 4:04PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\ZUZL |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N104WA |
| NTSB Number | LAX82IA309 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | In-flight |
| Aircraft Explosion | In-flight |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS |
| Aircraft Model | DC-10-30F |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | DC-10-30F |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 46986 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 565000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 398 |
| Number of Engines | 3 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 0 |
| Airframe Hours | 14578 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | HARTFORD NATIONAL BANK & TRUST |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 777 MAIN STREET |
| Aircraft Owner City | HARTFORD |
| Aircraft Owner State | CT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 06115 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | WORLD AIRWAYS, INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Operator City | OAKLAND |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 94614 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| 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 | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Unknown |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | HNL |
| Departure City | HONOLULU |
| Departure State | HI |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1519 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | LAX |
| Destination City | LOS ANGELES |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 18 2002 4:50PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 8R |
| Runway Length | 12000 |
| Runway Width | 200 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |