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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 757-251 · Seattle, WA · May 21, 1995

Date
May 21, 1995 · 16:55 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Seattle-Tacoma International
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N503US
Reported as
Boeing 757251
People aboard
129
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total3,305 in this make and model190 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.

During engine start starter shaft sheared. Replaced. Next start tailpipe fire due overprime. No evac or equipment.

As the FAA filed it

DURING ENGINE START STARTER SHAFT SHEARED. REPLACED. NEXT START TAILPIPE FIRE DUE OVERPRIME. NO EVAC OR EQUIPMENT.

Other reports on N503US · 1

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