# Incident 20110209003069I: Boeing 757-2Q8, Minneapolis, MN, February 9, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2011, 06:30 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis St Paul
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Location: 44.5200° N, 93.1200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5200&lon=-93.1200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704X-2026-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-2Q8 (registry code 1384972, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-2q8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-2Q8
- Reported engine: P & W PW2037
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG11IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG11IA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110209003069I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 9, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 0630 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A DELTA AIRLINES BOEING 757-2Q8, N704X, EXPERIENCED A TAILPIPE FIRE IN THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE, A PRATT AND WHITNEY (P&W) PW2037 DURING ENGINE START AT GATE F-14, MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MSP).  THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF PART 121 AS A RE-POSITIONING FLIGHT FROM MSP TO JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JFK), NEW YORK, NEW YORK.  THE TWO PILOTS WERE THE ONLY OCCUPANTS ON BOARD AND WERE NOT INJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ENG11IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG11IA016), Feb 9, 2011: Boeing 757-2Q8 (N704X), Minneapolis, MN, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: the failure of the right engine's fuel control unit to operate correctly when the fuel metering valve became frozen in the full open position because of corrosion on the fuel metering valve slide and…

## Other reports on N704X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20030610017939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030610017939A), Jun 10, 2003: Boeing 7572Q8 (N704X), Denver, CO. (-23) American flight #2885, st. louis to santa ana, California (sna) diverted to Denver. While at cruise altitude the captain was struck in the forehead/nose…

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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