# Incident 20080911845809I: Boeing 777, Fairbanks, AK, September 11, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2008, 15:06 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFIUL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777
- People aboard: 121
- 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/20080911845809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED HIGH VIBRATION IN LEFT ENGINE ON BOEING 777 FLT ACA065 AND DIVERTED TO FAIRBANKS, ALASKA FOR EMERGENCY LANDING.  ON INSPECTION OF LEFT ENGINE IT WAS NOTED THAT THEIR WAS A #3 OUTER GAS TURBIN WHEEL FAILURE.  ALSO THERE WAS DAMAGE NOTED TO THE LEADING EDGE OF LEFT HORIZONTAL.

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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