# Incident 19980128004679I: Boeing 737200, Middletown, PA, January 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1998, 14:22 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N381DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N381DL-2007-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737200
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 102
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980128004679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 28, 1998 AT 14:22 HOURS (LOCAL) A BOEING 737-200, N381DL, REGISTERED TO DELTA AIRLINES, TOOK-OFF FROM HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (MDT) ENROUTE TO ATLANTA, GA (ATL). AT 2000 FEET, THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, CAPTAIN JAMES S. GREENE, REDUCED POWER TO IDLE, (ENGINE STABILIZED) AND RETURNED TO HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (MDT). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 31 WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THEN TAXIED BACK TO RAMP. INSPECTION OF THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE REVEALED THE ENGINE NOSE CONE HAD COME OFF AND WAS LAYING IN ENGINE NACELLE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (MDT) ON 01/28/98 AT 1418 HOURS (LOCAL) AND LANDED BACK AT HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (MDT) AT 1425 HOURS (LOCAL). THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE AND THE CREW AND PASSENGERS ESCAPED INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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