# Incident 20080512836529I: Boeing 757251, Daggett, CA, May 12, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2008, 09:10 local time
- Place: Daggett, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 34.8633° N, 116.8881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Daggett, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8633&lon=-116.8881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N514US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N514US-2011-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-251 (registry code 1384970, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757251
- People aboard: 190
- 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/20080512836529I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LOS ANGLES, CA ENROUTE TO DETROIT, MI.  AS THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 23,000 FEET, THE FLIGHT CREW FELT WHAT THE PILOT DESCRIBED AS A "HIT".  APPROXIMATELY ONE OR TWO MINUTES LATER THE CREW WAS INFORMED BY A FLIGHT ATTENDANT THE AIRCRAFT HAD LOST A PANEL FROM THE RIGHT WING AND THERE WAS FLUID LEAKING FROM THE AREA.  THE FLIGHT CREW CONTACTED ATC TO MARK THEIR LOCATION AND INFORMED ATC THEY HAD LOST A WING PANEL APPROXIMATLEY ONE TO TWO MINUTES PRIOR (LAS VEGAS 217 RADIAL @ 130 NM/BRYCE 220 RADIAL @ 294 NM).  THE AIRCREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTED TO LAS VEGAS AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO GATE D9.  THE PIC ALSO STATED, THAT AFTER LANDING, THE "LEFT SIDE" HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE DUE TO FLUID LOSS.

## Other reports on N514US (2)

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

- [Incident 19990217015679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990217015679I), Feb 17, 1999: Boeing 757251 (N514US), Detroit, MI. (-5) A flight attendant opened an overhead bin and a snowboard stowed in the bin fell out hitting the passenger in seat 10C, a Mr. Charles (rick) kivls and…
- [Incident 19890908054179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890908054179I), Sep 8, 1989: Boeing 757251 (N514US), Billings, MT. Low oil pressure. Left engine shut down. Landed Billings. Bearing in electronic engine control alternator failed.

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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