20000124003139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-790 · Sacramento, CA · January 24, 2000

Date
January 24, 2000 · 09:18 local
Place
Sacramento, CA
Airport
Sacramento Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ASAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N609AS
Reported as
Boeing 737790
Reported engine
GE CFM567B24
People aboard
89
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,989 total4,120 in this make and model219 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft diverted to Sacramento, CA due to loss of engine oil on the right engine. The right engine starter had failed causing the loss of oil thru the gearbox. The failure of the starter liberated a piece through the engine cowling fan duct. The starter was replaced in Sacramento and the aircraft was ferreid kto seattle, WA to repair the cowling.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO SACRAMENTO, CA DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE OIL ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTER HAD FAILED CAUSING THE LOSS OF OIL THRU THE GEARBOX. THE FAILURE OF THE STARTER LIBERATED A PIECE THROUGH THE ENGINE COWLING FAN DUCT. THE STARTER WAS REPLACED IN SACRAMENTO AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERREID KTO SEATTLE, WA TO REPAIR THE COWLING.