# Incident 19990827035469I: Boeing 737291, Atlantic City, NJ, August 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1999, 23:57 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USVA
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7375F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7375F-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-291 (registry code 138448W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737291
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 2,450 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990827035469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS STATED BY THE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR WHO WAS ONBOARD AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ACY AND DURING CLIMB OUT THE #2 FIRE HANDLE ILLUMINATED AND THE FIRE BELL SOUNDED. THE PILOT RETARDED #2 ENGINE AND THE FIRE WARNING WENT OUT.  THE #2 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN USING THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES.  AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE STARTER CONTROL VALVE WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION CAUSING THE STARTER TO OVER SPEED AND DISINTEGRATE DAMAGING THE INBOARD RIGHT ENGINE COWLING AND THE CSD FILTER ASSEMBLY.  ALL MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED BY CONTRACT MAINTENANCE.  STARTER CONTROL VALVE, STARTER AND CSD FILTER ASSY WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER LOG BOOK PAGE 001693, NOT DATED.  NOTIFIED NATIONS PMI.

## Other reports on N7375F (2)

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

- [Accident 19890626025529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890626025529A), Jun 26, 1989: Boeing 737244 (N7375F), Atlanta, GA. Ground crewman was blown into air by jet blast while placing a chock as aircraft stopped at gate.
- [Incident 19790110000249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790110000249I), Jan 10, 1979: Boeing 737291 (N7375F), Albuquerque, NM. Flight returned with minor flight control problem. Replaced yaw damper coupler.

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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