# Incident 20091021051019I: Boeing 737-823, Windsor Locks, CT, October 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2009, 08:03 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N960AN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N960AN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-823 (registry code 13844CB, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-823) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-823
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091021051019I

## Narrative

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

AALA 1375 (N960AN, S/N29542) ABORTED A TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 6 AT BDL IN WINDSOR LOCKS, CT WHEN A PILOT FROM EGF3873 HOLDING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ADVISED HE SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE.  THE CREW REPORTED THEY EXECUTED THE ABORT WHEN HEARING THIS REPORT AT 115KIAS (VONE CALCULATED AT 145KIAS).  THE CREW DID NOT REPORT HAVING AN ENGINE FIRE WARNING ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENGINE, AND ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS INCLUDING OIL WERE NORMAL.  THE CREW BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.  THE ARFF INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NO FIRE.  THE CREW EXECUTED THE ABORT/SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE IAW THE QRH.  AN EVACUATION WAS NOT REQUIRED DUE TO INDICATION OF NO FIRE OR SMOKE AFTER THE ENGINE WAS SECURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE GATE AND THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED.  AALA REPORTED THE ENGINE HAD BEEN HUNG ON THIS AIRFRAME 5 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.  INVESTIGATION SHOWED MINOR DARKENING OF THE INNER TAIL PIPE, OTHERWISE NO OTHER VISUAL INDICATION OF FIRE WAS FOUND ON INVESTIGATION. OIL LEVEL ON THE ENGINE INDICATED 3/4 FULL ON INSPECTION.   NO PERSONS ON-BOARD WERE INJURED.  PASSENGERS ON BOARD ALSO WITNESSED THE FLAMES FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE.

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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