# Incident 20080806844839I: Boeing 757232, Las Vegas, NV, August 6, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2008, 15:18 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 36.0800° N, 115.1522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0800&lon=-115.1522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N666DN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N666DN) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG08IA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG08IA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080806844839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ARRIVED ON SCENE (LAS), OBSERVED NUMBER TWO ENGINE WITH COWLINGS OPENED.  DID NOT DETECT ANY EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR ENGINE DEBRIS EXITING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT/COWLINGS.  NOTICED EXTERIOR ELEMENTS OF THE ENGINE AND INTERIOR ELEMENTS OF THE ENGINE COWL BLACKENED.  OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHING AGENT ONLY ON THE INTERIOR OF THE ENGINE COWLING.  NOTICED THAT THE COMBUSTOR SECTION LOWER CASE HAD A SECTION THAT SEPARATED EXPOSING INTERNAL GUIDE VANES AND CRACKING THE CASE IN SEVERAL AREAS.  FOUND SEVERAL SECTIONS OF ENGINE BLEED AIR LINES CRUSHED, CRACKED, OR DAMAGED IN THE AREA OF THE ERUPTION OF THE COMBUSTOR SECTION, AS WELL AS CONNECTORS/ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS BROKEN OR SEPARATED IN THE SAME AREA.

## 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 ENG08IA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG08IA038), Aug 6, 2008: Boeing 757 (N666DN), Las Vegas, NV, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The engine experienced an uncontained release of high pressure turbine material due to fatigue cracks that occurred on four consecutive blade retainig lugs on the 2nd stage turbine hub. The cracked…

## Other reports on N666DN (1)

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

- [Incident 19970703028819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970703028819I), Jul 3, 1997: Boeing 757232 (N666DN), Ontario, CA, Substantial damage. Narrative: on July 3, 1997, delta flight 1668, a Boeing 757 made an unscheduled landing at Ontario International Airport with the #2 engine shut down. In…

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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