Preliminary information
On November 28, 2010, at about 06:00 Japan Standard Time (JST), after taking off from Chubu Centrair International Airport, operating as flight EIA238, the crew of an Evergreen International Airlines Boeing 747-200F airplane, registration number N482EV, noticed increased vibrations from the number 2 Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbofan engine while climbing through 1,100 meters altitude. The flight crew shut the engine down and returned to the same airport, landing at about 07:14 JST. None of the three crew reported injuries.
A post flight boroscope inspection on December 1, 2010 revealed that the low pressure turbine blades of the number 2 engine were severely damaged.
The accident is being investigated by the Japanese Transportation Safety Board
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8918
Japan
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AFTN: RJTDYAYA
Cable: KOKUKYOKU-TOKYO
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This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by the Government of Japan.
Text from the NTSB; a preliminary report can change and names no cause. Open the NTSB docket for ENG11WA005 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Nov 28, 2010
- Type
- Incident
- Place
- Chubu, Japan, JP
- Highest injury
- None
Boeing 747
- N-number
- N482EV
- Category
- Airplane
- Operating rule
- Part 121 (airline)
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