# Incident 20001130021209I: Boeing 757223, Tampa, FL, November 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2000, 18:00 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N638AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N638AA-2014-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-223 (registry code 1384957, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757223
- Reported engine: RROYCE RB211535*
- People aboard: 70
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001130021209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 30, 2000, AT 1800 EST, A BOEING B-757-223, N638AA, OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES, FLIGHT 1818, FROM MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO LAS VEGAS, NV., REPORTED SEVERE LEFT ENGINE VIBRATION. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER BEING AT LG350 FOR APPROX. 15 MINUTES AT MACH 815, THE LEFT ENGINE VIBRATION SCALE WENT YELLOW BAND, OVER 4.5. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN PER CHECKLIST.

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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