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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737201 · Washington, DC · October 18, 1993

Date
October 18, 1993
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Washington National
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N238US
Reported as
Boeing 737201
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D9A
People aboard
2
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 failed on climbout. Returned. Found the turbine had failed.

As the FAA filed it

NR1 ENGINE FAILED ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. FOUND THE TURBINE HAD FAILED.