Incident Boeing 767-322 N656UA,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75040
 
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Date:Tuesday 15 March 2005
Time:01:22 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic B763 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 767-322
Owner/operator:United Airlines
Registration: N656UA
MSN: 25394/472
Year of manufacture:1992
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 149
Aircraft damage: Minor
Category:Incident
Location:Ezeiza International Airport, Ezeiza Partido, Buenos Aires -   Argentina
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Ezeiza Airport, Buenos Aires (EZE/SAEZ)
Destination airport:Houston, Texas (IAH/KIAH)
Investigating agency: JIAAC
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
On March 15, 2005, United Airlines flight UA846, a Boeing B767-322, N656UA, experienced a left engine surge during takeoff at Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The flight crew aborted the takeoff and the 10 crew and 168 passengers performed an emergency evacuation. Of the 178 passengers and crew, five sustained minor injuries, mostly associated with deployment and use of the emergency evacuation slides

Cause
On a regular international air transport flight, during the take-off run, the take-off run was interrupted before V1 when an engine failed due to internal damage, due to excessive torque of the levelling arm fixing bolts corresponding to the sixth stage of the high pressure compressor, which triggered the detachment of a blade in the compressor.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: JIAAC
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. https://www.jiaac.gob.ar/files/2364057.pdf
2. NTSB Identification: DCA05WA043 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20050318X00331&ntsbno=DCA05WA043&akey=1
3. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=656UA
4. https://jiaac.gob.ar/files/2364063.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Oct-2010 13:47 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Cn]
29-Jun-2016 21:58 Dr.John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
26-Jul-2020 14:43 KagurazakaHanayo Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
26-Jul-2020 14:43 harro Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]

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