# Incident 20050509007649I: Boeing 737282, Wendover, UT, May 9, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2005, 20:00 local time
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Airport: Wendover Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BJNA
- Location: 40.7187° N, 114.0287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WENDOVER (ENV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7187&lon=-114.0287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N233TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N233TM-2005-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-282 (registry code 13844AT, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-282) (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 737282
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050509007649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A MECHANIC WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING AN ENGINE OIL LEAK ON THE #2 ENGINE WHILE RUNNING AT APPROXIMATELY 85-90% POWER. HE WAS ON THE INBOARD SIDE WITH THE COWLING OPEN WHEN HE BACKED TOO CLOSE TO THE ENGINE INLET AND WAS DRAWN IN LODGING AGAINST THE INLET GUIDE VANES. THE MECHANIC IN THE COCKPIT FELT AND HEARD THE COMPRESSOR STALL AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE MECHANIC'S HEADSET, MOUTHPIECE, BADGE, AND HAT WERE INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE FAN SECTION AND FIRST SIX STAGE OF THE COMPRESSOR CAUSING FOD DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N233TM (2)

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

- [Incident 20000713035689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000713035689I), Jul 13, 2000: Boeing 737282 (N233TM), Elko, NV. (-23) The evening of July 12, 2000, maintenance personnel lubed the bled valves on the number two engine and performed a clearing run. N233TM departed Elko as…
- [Incident 19991012027999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991012027999I), Oct 12, 1999: Boeing 737282 (N233TM), South Lake Taho, CA. (-23) After being cleared for take off at tvl, power was advanced to t/o epr of 2.18. Approximately 2 to 5 seconds after brake release the crew observed a loud…

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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