# Incident 19960714027549I: Boeing 757-222, Wichita, KS, July 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1996, 16:31 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N576UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N576UA-2019-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-222 (registry code 1384956, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2040 (registry code 52121, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2040) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 196
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,957 total, 27 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/19960714027549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT #1607, BOEING 757, ENROUTE FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA TO DENVER, COLORADO DIVERTED TO WICHITA, KANSAS DUE TO #1 ENGINE SURGED THREE TIMES IN CRUISE SPEED. ON FINAL APPROACH THE ENGINE KEPT COMPRESSOR STALLING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: AFTER INSPECTION OF ENGINE INLET, EXHAUST AND CHIP DETECTOR METAL PARTICLES WERE FOUND IN THE OIL SYSTEM. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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