# Incident 20020901028769I: Boeing 767332, CA, September 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2002, 06:35 local time
- Place: CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Aircraft: N178DN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N178DN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-332 (registry code 1385101, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767332
- Reported engine: PWA PW4060
- People aboard: 166
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 1,922 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020901028769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2002, AIRCRAFT N178DN A BOEING 767-300, TOOK OFF ON FLIGHT 1990/600 HEADING TO ATL. DURING CLIMB AFTER THE FLAPS WERE MOVED TO THE FULLY UP POSITION, THE LEADING EDGE ASYMMETRY EICAS MESSAGE AND WARNING LIGHTS WERE DISPLAYED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LAX LANDING SAFELY WITH 166 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. UPON RETURNING TO THE GATE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND THE LEFT ENGINE CORE COWLS WERE FOUND TO HAVE OPENED CAUSING HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE COWLING. IN ADDITION, THE LEFT COWLING STRUCK THE #5 LEADING SLAT. THE RIGHT COWLING STRUCK THE LOWER WING SURFACE CAUSING DAMAGE. ALSO DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO THE EXHAUST NOZZLE, INBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP, 2 SMALL CLOSURE PANELS, AND A FITTING WHERE THE CORE COWL MOUNTS TO THE PYLON.

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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