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Incident

FAA incident report · Fokker F.28 MK 1000 · Buffalo, NY · January 7, 1990

Date
January 7, 1990 · 20:30 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N469US
Reported as
Fokker F28MK1000
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce SPEY555*
People aboard
22
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.

NR2 engine vibration. Aborted. Returned to gate. Second row compressor blade failed and went through engine.

As the FAA filed it

NR2 ENGINE VIBRATION. ABORTED. RETURNED TO GATE. SECOND ROW COMPRESSOR BLADE FAILED AND WENT THROUGH ENGINE.