Event Details


Title:Uncontained engine failure, Japan Air Lines, Ltd., Douglas DC-8-33, JA-8006, San Francisco, California, December 25, 1965
Micro summary:This Douglas DC-8-33 experienced an explosion of an engine, followed by a diversion.
Event Time:1965-12-25 at 1308 PST
File Name:1965-12-25-US.pdf
Publishing Agency:National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Publishing Country:USA
Report number:NTSB-AAR-1967-06
Pages:22
Diversion Airport:Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California, USA
Site of event:Climb, 4500'
Departure:San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, USA
Destination:Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), Tokyo, Japan
Airplane Type(s):Douglas DC-8-33
Flight Phase:Climb
Registration(s):JA-8006
Operator(s):Japan Airlines
Type of flight:Revenue
Occupants:41
Fatalities:0
Serious Injuries:0
Minor/Non-Injured:41
Other Injuries:0
Diverted to:Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California, USA
Executive Summary:At 1308 PST, December 25, 1965, Japan Air Lines Flight 813, a Douglas DC-6-33, JA-8006, departed the San Francisco, California International Airport for Tokyo, Japan. About 1311 at 4,500 feet in a scattered cloud condition there was an explosion in the No. 1 engine and fire broke out in the engine area. The fire was subsequently extinguished and the aircraft was landed safely at the Oakland, California International Airport. There were no injuries to the crew of 10 and 31 passengers; the aircraft was substantially damaged by the engine explosion and fire that followed.

The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was a disintegrating engine failure and inflight fire caused by the failure of maintenance personnel to properly secure the low pressure compressor section torque ring during engine overhaul.
Learning Keywords:Systems - Engine - Uncontained Engine Failure
Systems - Engine Fire
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