# Incident 19971226042729I: Boeing 737322, Eugene, OR, December 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1997, 23:19 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N318UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N318UA-2012-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-322 (registry code 138447Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737322
- People aboard: 105
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971226042729I

## Narrative

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

NR2 ENGINE FIRE WHILE LOADING PASSENGERS AT GATE. EVACUATED. FUEL LEVER WAS IN FLIGHT IDLE. CUT OFF. SMOKE CLEARED.

## Other reports on N318UA (2)

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

- [Incident 20020520010009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020520010009I), May 20, 2002: Boeing 737322 (N318UA), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On may 20, 2002, at approximately 1620 CDT, united airlines flight 1597, a B-737, N318UA, declared an emergency on descent from chicago to Kansas City…
- [Incident 19990818033479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990818033479I), Aug 18, 1999: Boeing 737322 (N318UA), Minneapolis, MN. (-23) A letter from captain dennis j. lessard (manager of line operations) states: "the cause of the take-off warning horn sounding was determined to be that…

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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