Boeing 767-300 crash, Oct 28, 2016, Chicago-O'Hare
Boeing 767-300 accident on October 28, 2016 near Chicago-O'Hare, Illinois, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: failure of the high pressure...
- Date: October 28, 2016
- Aircraft: Boeing 767-300
- Location: Chicago-O'Hare, Illinois, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: NTSB: failure of the high pressure turbine stage 2 disk from low cycle fatigue cracks initiated at an internal subsurface manufacturing anomaly, which severed the fuel feed line and started a fire; contributing were the delayed left engine shutdown and a flight attendant deviation from procedures.
American Airlines flight 383, a Boeing 767 (N345AN) bound for Miami, suffered an uncontained right engine failure as it began its takeoff roll at Chicago O'Hare on 28 October 2016. Fuel from a breached wing tank caught fire, the crew stopped the aircraft and 21 people were injured in the evacuation, one seriously, and the aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB (AAR 18 01) found the disk failed from fatigue cracks that started at an internal manufacturing anomaly most likely not detectable by the inspections in use.