# Incident 20080823845679I: Boeing 757251, San Francisco, CA, August 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2008, 13:10 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525US-2019-02-12) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 172
- 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/20080823845679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRLINE REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 01R.  DURING TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT NR 2 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL OF 2 SHORT DURATION COMPRESSOR STALLS, SLIGHT AIRCRAFT YAWING AND EPR ROLL BACK TO 1.1.  THE REPORTED COMPRESSOR STALLS WERE SHORT DURATION AND ENGINE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY FOLLOWING THE REPORTED LOSS OF POWER.  FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, FOLLOWED CHECKLIST PROCEDURES FOR COMPRESSOR STALL AND LOSS OF EPR; AND RETURNED TO SFO AIRPORT UTILIZING BOTH ENGINES.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 28R.  FIRE WAS WITNESSED BY AWAITING EMERGENCY CREWS EMANATING FROM THE 2# ENGINE DURING LANDING.  FLIGHT CREW REPORTED NO FIRE INDICATIONS.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.  AIRCRAFT 2# ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN.  AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED BACK TO THE AIRPORT TERMINAL UNDER EMERGENCY VEHICLE ESCORT.  PASSENGERS WERE ABLE TO DEBARK AIRCRAFT AT THE AIRPORT TERMINAL.  ATC RELAYED THAT OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOTS HAD WITNESSED AND REPORTED OBSERVING SMOKE AND FLAMES EMANATING FROM THE 2# ENGINE DURING TAKE-OFF.  PASSENGERS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED SEEING SPARKS EMANATING FROM THE 2# ENGINE EXHAUST DURING LANDING THRUST REVERSER OPERATION.

## Other reports on N525US (2)

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

- [Incident 19960605017449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960605017449I), Jun 5, 1996: Boeing 757200 (N525US), San Francisco, CA. Narrative: at climbout of FL280 left engine epr indication disappeared, auto throttles failed and engine thrust became erratic. Status message stated left…
- [Incident 19920329015269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920329015269I), Mar 29, 1992: Boeing 757251 (N525US), Detroit, MI. Pilot responded to an ATC instruction. Other pilot acted in accordance with his advisory. Near mid air report.

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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