From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On Sunday, January 2, 2000, at 1239 local, a vanguard airlines B-737, N209US, flight 734 performed an air turnback due to the number one overheat light illuminating. The aircraft landed on runway 23 at buf and taxied to the gate without incident. Contract maintenance inspected the number one engine and found no discrepancies. The aircraft had previously departed as flight 938 at 0824 local and returned to buf with the same problem. Maintenance found the 13th stage bleed air duct cracked. They removed and replaced the duct per MM75-10-00. The engine was run with no defects noted and returned to service. This incident is considered closed.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2000, AT 1239 LOCAL, A VANGUARD AIRLINES B-737, N209US, FLIGHT 734 PERFORMED AN AIR TURNBACK DUE TO THE NUMBER ONE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 AT BUF AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE AND FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES. THE AIRCRAFT HAD PREVIOUSLY DEPARTED AS FLIGHT 938 AT 0824 LOCAL AND RETURNED TO BUF WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE 13TH STAGE BLEED AIR DUCT CRACKED. THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED THE DUCT PER MM75-10-00. THE ENGINE WAS RUN WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.
Other reports on N209US · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.