May 10, 1998
Incident
Minor PALM SPRINGS, CA
InjuriesNone
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 091
Probable Cause
the fatigue failure and uncontained separation of the high pressure impeller in the No. 2 engine during the takeoff roll. While the impeller showed evidence of a subsurface fatigue origin, the percipient cause of the separation was not definitively determined.
NTSB LAX98IA158