# Incident 20011031030429I: Boeing 7372X6C, Nome, AK, October 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2001, 20:40 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Airport: Nome
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 64.5126° N, 165.4444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NOME (OME), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5126&lon=-165.4444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747AS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372X6C
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011031030429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTING THE NOME AIRPORT, THE PIC RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND HEARD A LOUD BANG. TWENTY SECONDS LATER HE HEARD ANOTHER. THE RIGHT ENGINE INGESTED A NYLON CARGO STRAP WHICH WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE FIXED INTAKE VANES. THIS PRODUCED A DISRUPTION IN THE AIRFLOW ENOUGH TO CAUSE A COMPRESSION STALL. THESE TYPES OF NYLON STRAPS USUALLY HAVE A METAL PIECE THAT HOLDS THEM TOGETHER. IT IS PROBABLE THIS PIECE OF METAL WENT THROUGH THE ENGINE DUE TO SMALL NICKS THAT WERE ON THE FORWARD COMPRESSOR BLADES. A MECHANIC WITH ALASKA AIRLINES "BLENDED THE BLADES" ON THE C-1 (FIRST SET OF COMPRESSOR BLADES) THEN BORESCOPED THE REST OF THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO ANCHORAGE THE NEXT MORNING. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED THREE DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT DUE TO AN UNFAVORABLE "A" CHECK PERTAINING TO THE DAMAGE FROM THIS 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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