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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 757-251 · Boston, MA · February 7, 1988

Date
February 7, 1988 · 12:20 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N517US
Reported as
Boeing 757251
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW2037
People aboard
138
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.

Engine failed on takeoff due to compressor stall and flame out. Returned. Unable to duplicate engine failure.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED ON TAKEOFF DUE TO COMPRESSOR STALL AND FLAME OUT. RETURNED. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE ENGINE FAILURE.

Other reports on N517US · 1

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