# Incident 19960319009709I: Boeing 737201, Greensboro, NC, March 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1996, 17:56 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224US (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737201
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,932 total, 391 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960319009709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE DEPARTING FROM PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, GREENSBORO, NC THE CONTROL TOWER NOTICED FIRE IN THE ONE ENGINE. THE CREW WAS INFORMED AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. HE THEN RETURNED BACK TO GSO AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TAXIED ONTO USAIR MAINTENANCE HANGAR FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. IT WAS LATER FOUND THAT SOMETHING INTERNALLY HAD FAILED ON THE PRATT AND WHITNEY MODEL JT8D-9A, S/N P674229B, ENGINE, AND THAT THE CASING WAS CRACKED ALL AROUND THE DIAMETER OF THE G FLANGE. THE ENGINE WILL BE SENT TO USAIR MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT PITTSBURGH, PA FOR A COMPLETE TEAR DOWN. ALSO, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE CREW MEMBERS.

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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