Incident: Boeing 777 222
Feb 13, 2018 · Honolulu, HI
NTSB numberDCA18IA092Event id20180213X95634
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 378
- Uninjured
Probable cause
the fracture of a fan blade due to P&W's continued classification of the TAI inspection process as a new and emerging technology that permitted them to continue accomplishing the inspection without having to develop a formal, defined initial and recurrent training program or an inspector certification program. The lack of training resulted in the inspector making an incorrect evaluation of an indication that resulted in a blade with a crack being returned to service where it eventually fractured. Contributing to the fracture of the fan blade was the lack of feedback from the process engineers on the fan blades the inspectors sent to the process engineers for evaluation of indications that they had found.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Boeing 777 222
- Registration
- N773UA
- Year built
- 1995
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Minor
- Operating rules
- Part 121: air carrier
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)0 nm (1 km) west
- Hickam Air Force Base (PHIK)2 nm (3 km) north-west
- Kalaeloa Airport (JRF)8 nm (16 km) west
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