# Incident 19880207010259I: Boeing 757251, Boston, MA, February 7, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1988, 12:20 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N517US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N517US-2018-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-251 (registry code 1384970, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757251
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 138
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880207010259I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19881021057639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881021057639I), Oct 21, 1988: Boeing 757251 (N517US), Detroit, MI. After takeoff NR1 EGT overtemped. Shut down and deployed extinguisher. Returned, landing without incident.

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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