# Accident 19890120001289A: Boeing 737201, Chicago, IL, January 20, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1989, 07:45 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAIA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N242US-2007-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-201 (registry code 1384454, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737201
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,105 total, 3,430 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89MA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89MA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890120001289A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED SAFELY. AFT ENGINE CONE SUPPORT BOLTS FAILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89MA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89MA046), Jan 20, 1989: Boeing 737-201 (N242US), Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: PREVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE AFT CONE (ENGINE MOUNTING) BOLT, WHICH RESULTED IN MISMATCHED SURFACES BETWEEN THE BOLT AND ISOLATION MOUNT, LOSS OF TORQUE DURING CYCLIC LOADING OF THE MOUNTING BOLT, AND…

## Other reports on N242US (1)

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

- [Incident 19990430015319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990430015319I), Apr 30, 1999: Boeing 737201 (N242US), Richmond, VA. On 4/30/99, at approximately 13:09 local time, us airways flight #517 lfight attendant and forward passengers noted "hot" electrical odor. F/o entered cabin to…

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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