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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737353 · Chicago, IL · February 24, 1993

Date
February 24, 1993 · 06:08 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago-O Hare International
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N919UA
Reported as
Boeing 737353
Reported engine
GE CFM56*
People aboard
60
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,880 total1,493 in this make and model172 in the last 90 days

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 torched on starting engine. Passengers yelled fire. Passengers took control by evacuating on their own.

As the FAA filed it

NR1 ENGINE TORCHED ON STARTING ENGINE. PASSENGERS YELLED FIRE. PASSENGERS TOOK CONTROL BY EVACUATING ON THEIR OWN.

Other reports on N919UA · 1

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