# Incident 19990820024909I: Boeing 757200, Albuquerque, NM, August 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N551UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N551UA-2018-05-30) (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)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757200
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990820024909I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED ABQ FOR DEN, ON CLIMBOUT AT FL 230, CREW HEARD LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY HIGH EGT (782) AND N2 STOPPED CREW FOLLOWED ENGINE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES AND SHUT DOWN #2 ENGINE. RETURNED TO ABQ, DECLARED EMERGENCY, AIRCRAFT NOT OVERWEIGHT, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, ON SCENE INSPECTED #2 ENGINE, N1 FAN TURNS UNABLE TO ACCESS COMPRESSOR, NO VISIBLE INDICATIONS OF DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N551UA (1)

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

- [Incident 20030111000229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030111000229I), Jan 11, 2003: Boeing 757222 (N551UA), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. (.19) On January 11, 2002, at 0045 mountain standard time, a Boeing 757-222, N551UA, operating as united airlines flight 23, sustained minor damage when during…

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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