Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Fort Lauderdale International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33315
Thursday, February 13, 2003 20:00 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The airplane experienced an uncontained rupture of the high-pressure compressor (HPC) impeller in the No. 2 engine during takeoff. The flight crew stated that at about 40 knots during the take off roll/run, there was a loud bang, followed by the engine fan passing by the right side cockpit window, and the captain aborted the takeoff, secured the engine, and exited the runway. There were no injuries to either of the flight crew who were the only persons onboard the airplane during the positioning flight, and the airplane incurred minor damage. Initial on-scene examination of the No. 2 engine revealed it had experienced a penetration of the engine case in the plane of the HPC impeller. There was a large hole in the top of the engine cowling at approximately 1:00 aft looking forward, just forward of the thrust reverser clamshell. The missing segment of the HPC impeller was not located. The examination revealed the HPC impeller had separated from the HPC and HPT (high-pressure turbine). A metallurgical examination of the impeller revealed that the fracture was consistent with there having been a low-cycle fatigue crack that initiated along the circumferential machining feature on the aft face of the impeller. River lines were observed to be emanating from the aft face, consistent with the crack having initiated in the area of the groove and ultimately separating the HPC impeller from the engine. According to maintenance records, the impeller had a total of 7311.5 hours/6116 cycles when installed at the last overhaul of the engine on December 13, 1996. The engine had since accrued 1,582.1 hours /1,760 cycles, for a total of 7,876 cycles since new. The cyclic life limit on the impeller is 8,400 cycles.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Inadequate quality control following overhaul of the high-pressure compressor (HPC) impeller by other maintenance personnel that resulted in a machining groove on the aft face of the HPC impeller being undetected, which resulted in a fatigue fracture and an uncontained separation of the HPC impeller from the engine during the takeoff roll/run, and the pilot rejecting the takeoff.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 2/13/2003 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 2000 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | Fort Lauderdale |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 33315 |
| Event Date Year | 2003 |
| Event Date Month | 2 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | -- |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | -- |
| Event Location Latitude | 260421N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0800910W |
| Event Location Airport | Fort Lauderdale International |
| 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 | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2053 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | FLL |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 9 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 11 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 360 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 9 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.24 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 17782 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Inspector |
| NTSB Notification Date | Feb 13 2003 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 2153 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 8 2005 12:51PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\JOHB |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Fort lauderdale, Florida |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N891CA |
| NTSB Number | MIA03IA062 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | 500 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 0168 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 11850 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 7 |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Sep 30 2002 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 80 |
| Airframe Hours | 8201 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Mike's Aviation Inc., |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2200 NW 24th St. |
| Aircraft Owner City | Gainesville |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 32605 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Gulf Atlantic Airways |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 4735 NE 48 Avenue |
| Operator City | Gainesville |
| Operator State | FL |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 32609 |
| Operator Code | FBVA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | -- |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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 | Fort Lauderdale |
| Departure State | FL |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 2115 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | MIA |
| Destination City | Miami |
| Destination State | FL |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff - roll/run |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | Yes |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 5 2005 3:10PM |
| User who most recently changed record | KENJ |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 09 |
| Runway Length | 8423 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |