# Incident 19881231065249I: Boeing 737201, Huntington, WV, December 31, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1988, 06:43 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri State - Walker-Long Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAIA
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N265AU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N265AU-2003-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-201 (registry code 1384454, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737201
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 27
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881231065249I

## Narrative

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

ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN HEARD NOISE FROM LEFT ENGINE. BIRD HAD BEEN INGESTED INTO ENGINE.

## Other reports on N265AU (1)

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

- [Incident 19950923033369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950923033369I), Sep 23, 1995: Boeing 737201 (N265AU), Buffalo, NY. Low oil pressure NR1 engine on climbout. Returned. Oil pressure transmitter had failed.

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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