# Incident 20020913029049I: Airbus A321211, Philadelphia, PA, September 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2002, 06:00 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N167US, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N167US) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A321-211 (registry code 3930370, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a321-211) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321211
- Pilot flight hours: 6,348 total, 1,214 in this make and model, 189 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020913029049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF, AND CLIMBING THROUGH ABOUT 6000 FT, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED A VIBRATION OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED CLIMBING, A PASSENGER NOTIFIED A FLIGHT ATTENDANT OF THE POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT ENGINE FAN COWLING. THE DELAY IN NOTIFICATION WAS DUE TO THE DARK, NIGHT CONDITIONS. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT USED AN EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT TO ILLUMINATE THE DAMAGED AREA AND NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT CREW. THE FIRST OFFICER ENTERED THE CAIN AND IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A SEPARATION OF THE COWLING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE. WHEN THE FIRST OFFICER RETURNED TO THE CREW COMPARTMENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEARLY AT AN ALTITUDE OF 20,000FT. THE FLIGHT CREW RETURNED TO PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL NO-FLAP LANDING. THE THROTTLES WERE RETARDED AT APPROXIMATELY 200FT ABOVE THE GROUND AND REVERSE THRUST WAS APPLIED. LARGE PIECES OF THE COWLING WERE DISCOVERED CLOSER TO THE TAKEOFF END OF RUNWAY 27L.

## Other reports on N167US (1)

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

- [Incident 20010908025559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010908025559I), Sep 8, 2001: Airbus A321211 (N167US), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On September 8, 2001, at approximately 1857 CDT, us air flight USA93, Airbus A321-211, N167US, landed at Kansas City International Airport, Kansas City,…

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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