# Incident 20031215035819I: Boeing 7572Q8, Newark, NJ, December 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2003, 20:48 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N709TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N709TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-2Q8 (registry code 1384972, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-2q8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7572Q8
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 174
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 543 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031215035819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICAN AIRLINES A B-757 FLIGHT #785 DEPARTED KLGA ENROUTE TO KDFW. WHILE IN INITIAL CLIMB #2 ENGINE EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS. PASSENGERS REPORTED SEEING FLAMES FROM ENGINE. FLIGHT CREW DECLARED IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY, DIVERTED TO KEWR, LANDS ON RUNWAY 22 LEFT AT 2048 LOCAL (0148Z) WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF ENGINE REVEALED COMPRESSOR BLADE DAMAGE. ENGINE REPLACED, AIRCRAFT LANDED OVERWEIGHT.

## Other reports on N709TW (1)

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

- [Incident 20020405010799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020405010799I), Apr 5, 2002: Boeing 7572Q8 (N709TW), Baltimore, MD, Minor damage. (-23) During parking at the bwi terminal, the aircraft rolled into the fetway causing damage to the #1 engine cowling. The aircraft brakes checked out as…

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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