# Incident 20030417004369I: Boeing 757232, Salt Lake City, UT, April 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2003, 09:05 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.7883° N, 111.9778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7883&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6712B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6712B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 123
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03IA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03IA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030417004369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 0907 HOURS LOCAL TIME, ONE TO TWO MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT HAD A LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATE. BOTH FIRE BOTTLES WERE FIRED AND AFTER SOME DELAY THE ENGINE FIRE LIGHT WENT OFF. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN (10) MINUTES AND WIND MILLING PRIOR TO LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MET BY FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT. A VISUAL INSPECTION WAS MADE ON THE ENGINE BY DELTA MAINTENANCE AND THE FAA. IT APPEARED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE SUPPLY LINE ON THE STATOR VANE 2.5 ACTUATOR HAD FAILED APPROXIMATELY FOUR (4) INCHED UPSTREAM FROM THE LINE ATTACH FITTING. THIS WAS INDICATED BY THE BURN PATTERN ON THE INNER COWLING AND IS THE FORWARD MOST VISIBLE HEAT CHARRED AREA DIRECTLY UNDER THE FAILURE AREA. BURNING AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WAS EVIDENT AROUND THE LENGTH OF THE OUTER ENGINE BUT WITHIN THE COWLING. TWO HOLES APPROXIMATELY EIGHT (8) INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE BURNED THROUGH THE AFT CORE COWLING COVERING THE TURBINE AREA AT THE SEVEN (7) O'CLOCK POSITION. MAINTENANCE WILL MAKE A MORE IN DEPTH ANALYSIS ON THE CAUSE AFTER THE ENGINE IS REMOVED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN03IA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03IA067), Apr 17, 2003: Boeing 757-232 (N6712B), Salt Lake City, UT, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: total failure of a fuel flex line. A contributing factor was a fuel leak, resulting in an inflight engine compartment fire.

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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