# Incident 20021008030219I: Boeing 737200, Elko, NV, October 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2002, 20:57 local time
- Place: Elko, NV
- Airport: Elko Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BJNA
- Location: 40.8250° N, 115.7913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKO RGNL (EKO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8250&lon=-115.7913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N344TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N344TM-2005-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-200 (registry code 1384451, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737200
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17A
- People aboard: 122
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,205 total, 4,521 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021008030219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 115 KNOTS DURING THE TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 23 AT THE ELKO REGIONAL AIRPORT (EKO) IN ELKO, NV., THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG. THE CAPTAIN ABORTED THE TAKE-OFF AND PULLED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE CAPTAIN, NO PRIOR INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM WERE NOTED. AN ENGINE VIBRATION WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE, AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. THE CREW TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE AND OFF LOADED THE PASSENGERS. MAINTENANCE VERIFIED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TURBINE SECTION OF THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE.

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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