# Incident 19930224005079I: Boeing 727247, Buffalo, NY, February 24, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1993, 14:40 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N204AU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N204AU-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 57
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930224005079I

## Narrative

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

LOUD BANG ON CLIMB. SHUT NR2 ENGINE DOWN. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. DOME ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED.

## Other reports on N204AU (2)

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

- [Incident 19990415019679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990415019679I), Apr 15, 1999: Boeing 737200 (N204AU), Kansas City, MO. (-5) On takeoff from mci, the pilot selected gear up. Both main landing gears retracted, the nose gear did not. The pilot selected gear down. All gears…
- [Incident 19920908041209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920908041209I), Sep 8, 1992: Boeing 737247 (N204AU), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Wing tip struck the jetway on a power out from the gate. Pilot under direction of aircraft marshaller.

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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