# Incident 20001105030889I: Boeing 757251, Minneapolis, MN, November 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2000, 12:30 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N502US-2018-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-251 (registry code 1384970, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757251
- People aboard: 179
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,275 total, 4,790 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001105030889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ABORT INITATED AT APPROX. 130KTS DUE TO FUMES AND HAZE/SMOKE IN COCKPIT. A/C HAD NEW #2 ENGINE INSTALLED. FUMES OF UNKNOWN ORIGINA NOTICED AT APPROX. 110-115KTS. VISUAL IMPAIRMENT OCCURRED SHORTLY THEREAFTER, STANDARD ABORT PROCEDURES FOLLOWED. CLEARED RUNWAY, SHUTDOWN ENGINE TO ALLOW FIRE PERSONNEL TO INSPECT BRAKES AND ENGINE. RETURNED TO GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N502US (1)

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

- [Incident 19881121066799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881121066799I), Nov 21, 1988: Boeing 757251 (N502US), Boston, MA. Loss of oil quantity and pressure. NR2 engine shut down. Valve housing leaked oil. Magnetic chip detector plug out.

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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