# Incident 20100812043589I: Boeing 717-200, Vandalia, OH, August 12, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2010, 07:49 local time
- Place: Vandalia, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 39.8790° N, 84.1922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vandalia, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8790&lon=-84.1922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N972AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N972AT-2026-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 717-200 (registry code 1383700, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-717-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: BMW Rolls BR-700 series (registry code 09500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bmw-rolls-br-700-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717-200
- Reported engine: BMW ROLLS BR 700 SERIES
- People aboard: 53
- 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/20100812043589I

## Narrative

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

CREW STATED PER AIRCRAFT LOG PAGE #1652769: "CLIMBING THROUGH 17,000 FT, OBSERVED A LT ENG GEN OFF ALERT AND A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE AIRCRAFT." CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO DAY. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED LT ENG UPPER AND LOWER COWLING HAD DEPARTED A/C. DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE LT ENG, LT ENG GENERATOR HARNESS, LT ENG THRUST REVERSER, FUSELAGE, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS,  LT ELEVATOR, AND LT ELEVATOR TRIM TAB. MTC REPLACED LT ENGINE INCLUDING THRUST REVERSER, AND LT ELEVATOR INCLUDING LT TAB. BOEING APPROVED TEMP REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE FUSELAGE AND EMPENNAGE. A/C THEN FERRIED BELOW 10,000' (UNPRESSURIZED)TO MIA FOR PERMANENT REPAIRS.

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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