# Incident 20040913021539I: Boeing 777223, Boston, MA, September 13, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2004, 19:24 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N789AN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N789AN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-223 (registry code 1385213, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777223
- Reported engine: RROYCE RB211TRENT89
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040913021539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICAN FLIGHT 108, A HEAVY B-777 DEPARTED BOS, MA RUNWAY 04R AT 1924 EDT, 09/13/04, PILOT REPORTED THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE FAILED AND WAS RETURNING TO BOS. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY. AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 04R WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE LOGBOOK DISCREPANCY AS WRITTEN: PIREP 15. ON CLIMB PASSING 12000 FEET WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY AN IMMEDIATE ROLL BACK ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE HAD INDICATIONS OF A FIRE. THE LIGHT WENT OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AS THE CHECKLIST WAS RUN. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT THE EGT HAD EXCEEDED 1115 DEGREES C AND N3 VIBRATIONS VERY HIGH. N1 INDICATED ROLL BACK TO 49.4 PRIOR TO CREW INITIATED SHUTDOWN. FDR WAS DOWNLOADED AND DATA TRANSMITTED TO AA MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING. ENGINE CHANGE HAS BEEN INITIATED.

## Other reports on N789AN (2)

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

- [Accident 20060425010089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060425010089A), Apr 25, 2006: Boeing 777223 (N789AN), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. (-23) On April 25, 2006, approximately 1730 CDT, an American airlines' Boeing 777, N789A, flight 945 encountered moderate turbulence during descent into…
- [Accident 20000926015509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000926015509A), Sep 26, 2000: Boeing 777223 (N789AN), Miami, FL. (-23) Capt. cummings had started his descent into the Miami area-turned the seat belt sign on and made his pa-to the cabin advising all of potential turbulence…

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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