# Incident 20010618013209I: Boeing 757232, Denver, CO, June 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2001, 13:59 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N614DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N614DL-2018-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- People aboard: 126
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010618013209I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DELTA FLT 2120, B-757 DENCVG RETURNED TO DEN AT APPROX 1359MDT AFTER A #2 ENGINE FAILURE IN CLIMB AT FL170. INVESTIGATION SHOWED A CONTAINED FAILURE OF THE LAST THREE STAGES OF THE TURBINE.  CREW INDICATION WAS A HIGH EGT AND FIRE WARNING AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE.  BOTH FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED, ALTHOUGH INVESTIGATION SHOWED NO INDICATION OF ANY FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED DEN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND CONDUCTED A NORMAL PAX DEPLANE AT THE GATE.

## Other reports on N614DL (2)

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

- [Incident 19901013060959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901013060959I), Oct 13, 1990: Boeing 757232 (N614DL), Los Angeles, CA. Pilot landed aircraft in higher than normal nose attitude. Lower aft part of fuselage contacted runway.
- [Incident 19860717050379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860717050379I), Jul 17, 1986: Boeing 757232 (N614DL), Boston, MA, Minor damage. Engine ingested a seagull on takeoff. Landed without incident.

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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