# Incident 19830713043809I: Boeing 727247, Idaho Falls, ID, July 13, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1983, 17:45 local time
- Place: Idaho Falls, ID
- Airport: Fanning
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WALA
- Location: 43.4896° N, 112.0353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Idaho Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4896&lon=-112.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N830WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N830WA-2003-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830713043809I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY FIRE WARNING ON #3 ENGINE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. FOUND #3 ENGINE FRONT FAN DISINTEGRATED.

## Other reports on N830WA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960206012729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960206012729I), Feb 6, 1996: Boeing 727247 (N830WA), Portland, OR. Narrative: on February 6, 1996 at 1152 PST delta flight 1400 landed at Portland, Oregon on runway 28R and blew both right side main landing tires. The runway…
- [Incident 19831112069019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831112069019I), Nov 12, 1983: Boeing 727247 (N830WA), Kansas City, MO. No.1 engine strut overheat lighted on two departures from airport. #1 engine heat detector loop replaced.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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