42.3629° N, 71.0064° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 9, 1988 · 21:20 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N536EA
Reported as
Boeing 727200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7B
People aboard
116
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.
NR3 engine failed on climb out. Returned and found turbine failure.
As the FAA filed it
NR3 ENGINE FAILED ON CLIMB OUT. RETURNED AND FOUND TURBINE FAILURE.