# Incident 19980306005739I: Boeing 727232, Boise, ID, March 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1998, 08:30 local time
- Place: Boise, ID
- Airport: Boise Air Terminal - Gowen Fld
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 43.5644° N, 116.2230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (BOI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5644&lon=-116.2230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N523DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N523DA-2013-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980306005739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DELTA 628 EXPERIENCED A NORMAL TAKEOFF THROUGH ROTATION ON RUNWAY 28R AT BOISE'S GOWEN FIELD. SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF, HOWEVER, THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD A "POPPING SOUND". THEIR SCAN REVEALED AN ABNORMAL EPR READING (1.5) ON THE #1 ENGINE. CAPT. BOUSTEAD LEVELED THE AIRPLANE AT 5000 FEET, MANEUVERED TO THE WEST OF BOISE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXECUTED THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLISTS TO SHUT DOWN AND SECURE THE FAILED ENGINE. THE AIRPLANE THEN RETURNED IN VFR CONDITIONS TO GOWEN FIELD LANDING ON RUNWAY 10R. THE AIRPLANE TAXIED TO THE GATE WHERE THE PASSENGERS DISEMBARKED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NUMEROUS METAL FRAGMENTS WERE DISCOVERED ALONG A 1000 FOOT STRETCH OF RUNWAY 28R BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY 8500 FEET FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N523DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19980903035329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980903035329I), Sep 3, 1998: Boeing 727232 (N523DA), El Paso, TX. On pushback at El Paso, delta F1511/03 was starting #3 eng. When ground crew thought they saw a fire on #3 eng.. The notified flt. Crew and emergency equipment…

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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