NTSB - ENG06IA018. B762 Uncontained engine failure during ground tests, Los Angelis, USA, 2 June 200

NTSB - ENG06IA018. B762 Uncontained engine failure during ground tests, Los Angelis, USA, 2 June 200

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Accident Reports Fire Smoke and Fumes Ground Operations Airworthiness

On June 2, 2006, an American Airlines Boeing 767-200ER fitted GE CF6-80A engines experienced an uncontained failure of the high pressure turbine (HPT) stage 1 disc in the No. 1 engine during a high-power ground run carried out in designated run up area at Los Angeles for maintenance purposes during daylight normal visibility conditions. The three maintenance personnel on board the aircraft as well as two observers on the ground were not injured but both engines and the aircraft sustained substantial damage from the fuel-fed fire which occurred as an indirect result of the failure.

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