Date:	Friday 3 May 1991
Time:	05:53
Type:	Boeing 727-22QC
Owner/operator:	Ryan Airlines
Registration:	N425EX
MSN:	19095/302
Year of manufacture:	1966
Total airframe hrs:	46981 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Hartford-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL) -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL/KBDL)
Destination airport:	Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Takeoff was aborted when the no. 3 engine had suffered an uncontained failure. The aircraft burned out.
It appeared that the 9th stage HP compressor disk had ruptured. Debris penetrated fuel, oil and hydraulic lines, causing a fire.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "A catastrophic and uncontained failure of the no.3 engine which resulted in a fuel fed fire."

Aviation Week & Space Technology 24.06.1991 (68)
ICAO Adrep Summary 4/94 (#18)
NTSB
Scramble Vol.13, nr.03

photo (c) Phil Brooks; Hartford-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL); 03 May 1991

photo (c) Phil Brooks; Hartford-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL); 03 May 1991

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