# Incident 20110621024509I: Boeing 757-232, Atlanta, GA, June 21, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2011, 00:07 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Atlanta Ga
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.6392° N, 84.4281° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6392&lon=-84.4281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6714Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6714Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-232
- Reported engine: P & W PW2037
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14,184 total, 138 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG11IA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG11IA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110621024509I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF IN CLIMB, THE LEFT ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND CONTINUED TO BURN EVEN AFTER BOTH FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED INTO THE ENGINE.  THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY EMERGENCY RESPONSE FIRE TRUCKS AFTER LANDING.  THIS WAS AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING WITH AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND TIRE DAMAGE RESULTING.  MINOR INJURIES DURING EVACUATION.

## 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 ENG11IA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG11IA035), Jun 21, 2011: Boeing 757-232 (N6714Q), Atlanta, GA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: Fuel leaking from the fuel flow transmitter that ignited on contact with the engine’s hot cases which resulted in an engine undercowl fire. The fuel leak resulted from the fuel flow transmitter end…

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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