43.1548° N, 77.6156° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 6, 1989 · 20:10 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Rochester-Monroe County
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
NR774
Reported as
Boeing 737200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
78
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.
NR1 engine overheat light came on. Returned safely. Found a split flex coupling on the nose cowl anti ice 13 stage.
As the FAA filed it
NR1 ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON. RETURNED SAFELY. FOUND A SPLIT FLEX COUPLING ON THE NOSE COWL ANTI ICE 13 STAGE.