# Incident 20090401010289I: Boeing 767322, Bangor, ME, April 1, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2009, 09:42 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: Bangor International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 44.8074° N, 68.8281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8074&lon=-68.8281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N654UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N654UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-322 (registry code 1385200, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767322
- Reported engine: PWA PW4000
- People aboard: 189
- 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/20090401010289I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NEW ENGLAND REGION OPERATIONS CENTER THAT: "UNITED 923, B767/H HEATHROW TO DULLES DIVERTED TO BANGOR, ME LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT RUNWAY 33 AT 0942 EDT, 4/1/09 AFTER SHUTTING DOWN #1 ENGINE AND SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, "THIS INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH UNITED MAINTENANCE CONTROL MANAGER ON 4-1-09 AND WAS INFORMED THAT RIGHT ENGINE #2 WAS THE ENGINE THAT WAS SHUT DOWN.  MAINTENANCE CONTROL MANAGER STATED THAT AIRCRAFT HAD SMOKE IN THE CABIN PER FLIGHT ATTENDANT CREW AND THAT ONLY THE SMELL OF SMOKE WAS PRESENT IN THE COCKPIT.  MANAGER STATED THAT ENGINE HAD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE ON THE GROUND AFTER LANDING.  THIS INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH CITY OF BANGOR AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AND WAS INFORMED THAT UPON OPENING ENGINE CHIP DECTOR FOUND TO HAVE DEBRIS ON IT.  AT THIS TIME UNITED SUSPECTS EITHER A GEARBOX FAILURE OR ENGINE MAIN BEARING FAILURE.  UNITED TO SEND CREW TO BGR WITH AN ENGINE TO REMOVE AND REPLACE #2 ENGINE.  CREW STATED TO CONTACT MX. THAT OIL VAPOR IN CABIN, NO SMOKE.  NOTIFIED C.M.O.  THIS REPORT CLOSED.

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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