Los Angeles Intl Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Los Angeles, California
Friday, July 11, 2014 13:45 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On July 11, 2014, 13:28 pacific daylight time, a Boeing B-767-332, registration number N139DL, operated by Delta Air Lines (DAL) as flight 101, and powered by two General Electric (GE) CF6-80A2 turbofan engines, experienced a left engine (No. 1) fire during climb at about flight level (FL) 190 (19,000 feet) from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angles, California. The flightcrew reported observing a left engine fire indication during climb and declared an emergency, performed the Quick Reference Handbook (QRH) engine fire procedures which included shutting down the affected engine, and an air turnback to LAX was initiated. Upon shutting down the affected engine, the fire warning extinguished and no fire suppression bottles were discharged. The airplane made a successful and uneventful overweight single-engine landing at LAX and Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) personnel met the aircraft and observed no damage. The airplane taxied to the gate without incident. Delta Maintenance personnel opened the left engine cowling and observed heat damage, scorching, and sooting. Of the 200 passengers and 8 crewmembers on board the flight, no injuries were reported. The incident flight was a 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 domestic passenger flight from LAX to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) Atlanta, Georgia. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Incident
Event Date 7/11/2014
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1345
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City Los Angeles
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2014
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 335630N
Event Location Longitude 1182430W
Event Location Airport LOS ANGELES INTL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID LAX
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport --
Distance from airport in statute miles 6805
Degrees magnetic from airport 73
Airport Elevation 125
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling --
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) --
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
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 208
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source Delta Flight Safety
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Oct 22 2014 12:58PM
User who most recently changed record scaj
Basic weather conditions --
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N139DL
NTSB Number ENG14IA019
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 121: Air Carrier
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? Yes
Damage Minor
Aircraft Fire In-flight
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BOEING
Aircraft Model 767 332
Aircraft Series Identifier 332
Aircraft Serial Number 25984
Certified Max Gross Weight 348220
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats 351
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name DELTA AIR LINES INC
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1775 M H JACKSON SERVICE RDDEPT 575
Aircraft Owner City ATLANTA
Aircraft Owner State GA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 303543743
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Delta Air Lines
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1030 Delta BoulevardHartsfield Atlanta Intl Arpt
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
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 Scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code LAX
Departure City Los Angeles
Departure State CA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1316
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code ATL
Destination City ATLANTA
Destination State GA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Oct 22 2014 12:58PM
User who most recently changed record scaj
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location N/A
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --