# Incident 20000602032239I: Boeing 7372B7, Tampa, FL, June 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2000, 22:30 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N268AU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N268AU-2003-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2B7 (registry code 138447C, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2b7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372B7
- People aboard: 58
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000602032239I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 2, 2000 AT 2330EST, A B-737-2B7 OPERATED BY US AIRWAYS AIRLINES REPORTED PROBLEMS DURING APPROACH TO TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,FL. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NUMBER 6 FLAPS JACKSCREW UNIVERSAL JOINT DISCONNECTED FROM THE TRANSMISSION.  THE SELF LOCKING NUT, PN BACN10JC7 AND BOLT PN 6576605-1 WHICH HOLDS THE JACKSCREW UNIVERSAL JOINT ON THE TRANSMISSION WORKED LOOSE AND DISCONNECTED AND JAMMED THE FLAP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FLAP.  CLOSER EXAMINATION OF TE SELF LOCKING NUT, IT WAS FOUND NO LOCKING FEATHER, THE NUT COULD BE SCREWED COMPLETELY ON THE BOLT WITHOUT ANY RESISTANTS.

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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