# Incident 19921012046589I: Boeing 737301, Pittsburgh, PA, October 12, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1992, 09:45 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 40.4914° N, 80.2327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4914&lon=-80.2327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N586US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N586US-2007-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 133
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,327 total, 1,834 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC93IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93IA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921012046589I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE AND FLAMES FROM RIGHT ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. APPEARS TO HAVE STAGE ONE OR TWO BLADE FAILURE.

## 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 NYC93IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93IA017), Oct 12, 1992: Boeing 737-300 (N586US), Pittsburgh, PA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: THE HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE FAILURE OF BLADES ON THE STAGE 1 HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR, WHICH RESULTED IN BLADE FRACTURE AND SUBSEQUENT INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE AND FIRE.

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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