# Incident 19870430022509I: Airbus A300B4203, Chattanooga, TN, April 30, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1987, 19:00 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 35.0456° N, 85.3097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chattanooga, TN, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0456&lon=-85.3097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201EA-1997-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A300 B4-2C (registry code 3930301, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-b4-2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300B4203
- Reported engine: GE CF650C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870430022509I

## Narrative

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

THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE EGT EXCEEDED LIMITS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SAFELY RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND THE ENGINE CHANGED.

## Other reports on N201EA (1)

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

- [Incident 19811025077039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811025077039I), Oct 25, 1981: Airbus A300B2 (N201EA), Houston, TX. Master door warning light came on. Pilot returned to Houston TX. Maintenance reset computer system.

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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