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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-347 · Omaha, NE · February 1, 1986

Date
February 1, 1986 · 09:33 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WALA
Aircraft
N306WA
Reported as
Boeing 737347
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
131
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During start attempt after pushback engine backfired and would not start. Engine to be changed.

As the FAA filed it

DURING START ATTEMPT AFTER PUSHBACK ENGINE BACKFIRED AND WOULD NOT START. ENGINE TO BE CHANGED.

Other reports on N306WA · 5

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