# Incident 20090305002159I: Boeing 757223, Omaha, NE, March 5, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2009, 17:59 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N680AN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N680AN-2017-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-223 (registry code 1384957, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757223
- Reported engine: RROYCE RB211*
- People aboard: 50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20090305002159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N680AN, B-757-223, WAS OPERATED AS AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 2252 ENROUTE FROM JAC TO ORD.  THE FLIGHT CREW DIVERERTED TO OMA AFTER RECEIVING A LEFT ENGINE VIBRATION INDICATION FOR N1 DURING CLIMB AND CRUISE POWER.  NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY.  CONTRACT MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE INLET/EXHAUST AND CHECKED THE CHIP DETECTORS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.  THE MECHANIC MOVED THE INLET BLADES AND NOTED THE BLADES WERE STICKY, BUT NO OTHER ANOMALIES WERE NOTED.  AN ENGINE VIB RUN WAS COMPLETED.  TRACK NR 1 ENGINE VIB WAS .9.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO TUL.  AALA MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A #6 VIBRATION SURVEY AND FOUND THE ENGINE N1 VIB HIGHEST AT 1.7.  MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED A FAN TRIM BALANCE.  THE ENGINE WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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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