N409AA
Usually based at PHL
Most frequent routes
- JFK → MIA3%
- DFW → LAX3%
- BOS → LAX3%
- PHL → LAS3%
- BOS → PHX3%
- MIA → LAX3%
- PHL → SAN2%
- LGA → TPA2%
- CLT → ORF2%
- PHX → BOS2%
Last seen
Safety history
- March 23, 1987Accident
THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AFTER THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED DURING A DESCENT. THE SHUTDOWN OCCURRED AFTER FAILED ANTIROTATION PINS ALLOWED GAS LOADS TO DRIVE NORMALLY STATIONARY THIRD STAGE VANE CLUSTERS IN THE LOW PRESSURE TURBINE AREA. ROTATION OF THE CLUSTERS IN THEIR CHANNEL ALLOWED THE CLUSTERS TO MACHINE THEMSELVES OUT THROUGH THE LOW PRESSURE TURBINE CASE. EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT 23 OF THE 44 THIRD STAGE VANE ANTI-ROTATION PINS RUPTURED FOLLOWED BY FRACTURE OF THE REMAINING PINS FROM S