# Incident 20010531015299I: Boeing 737301, Tampa, FL, May 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2001, 07:50 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N585US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N585US-2006-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- People aboard: 121
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010531015299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 31, 2001 A B-737-301, N585US OPERATED BY US AIRWAYS AIRLINES, ON DEPARTURE FROM TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA, (TPA) REPORT "A" HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE AND RETURNED TO TPA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A THREE FOOT SECTION OF THE RIGHT UPPER WING ACCESS PANEL 8405R MISSING, 89 SCREWS WERE NOT INSTALLED IN THE PANEL.  WHEN THE PANEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WING "A" SYSTEM HYDRAULIC LINES CLAMPED TO THE PANEL WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N585US (2)

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

- [Incident 20020617019159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020617019159I), Jun 17, 2002: Boeing 737301 (N585US), Syracuse, NY. (-23) On Monday, June 17, 2002, after takeoff from runway 28 at Syracuse Hancock International Airport, the nose gear would not retract on N585US, a Boeing…
- [Incident 20010210002709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010210002709I), Feb 10, 2001: Boeing 737301 (N585US), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Saturday, February 10, 2001 at 2009 EST, a usairways B-737, N585US, flight 638, landed on runway 23 at the Buffalo niagra international airport after…

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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