# Incident 19960605017449I: Boeing 757200, San Francisco, CA, June 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525US-2019-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-251 (registry code 1384970, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757200
- People aboard: 109
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960605017449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT CLIMBOUT OF FL280 LEFT ENGINE EPR INDICATION DISAPPEARED, AUTO THROTTLES FAILED AND ENGINE THRUST BECAME ERRATIC. STATUS MESSAGE STATED LEFT ENGINE OIL COOL AND LEFT ENGINE REVERSE CONTROL APPEARED. RETURNED TO SFO WITH THE LEFT ENGINE IN IDLE. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A HEAVY CONFIGURATION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE & GEAR BOX WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE RUN AND OPERATIONAL CHECKED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION.

## Other reports on N525US (2)

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

- [Incident 20080823845679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080823845679I), Aug 23, 2008: Boeing 757251 (N525US), San Francisco, CA, No damage. (-23) Airline reported the following: aircraft departed runway 01R. During takeoff, aircraft nr 2 engine experienced a total of 2 short duration compressor…
- [Incident 19920329015269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920329015269I), Mar 29, 1992: Boeing 757251 (N525US), Detroit, MI. Pilot responded to an ATC instruction. Other pilot acted in accordance with his advisory. Near mid air report.

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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