SAS McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-62 / SE-DBE

            Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62
Operator: Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS
Registration: SE-DBE
MSN: 45823/279
First flight: 1967
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-?
Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 54
Total Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 65
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) (   Italy)
Crash site elevation: 5 m (16 feet) amsl
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF), Italy
Destination airport: Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH), Switzerland
Flightnumber: 986

Narrative:
The no. 1 engine suffered a uncontained failure 50 m into the takeoff roll. Debris bounced off the runway against the wing and ruptured the center fuel tank. The leaking fuel caught fire.

Probable Cause:
CAUSE: Failure of no. 1 engine first stage fan disk, causing a leak in the no. 2 fuel tank.


Photo Credit's: Unknown to me (Reprint). Photo date: between 1967-70. Date of accident: Sunday, 19 Apr 1970.

   

Taken on: September 22, 2023

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