# Incident 20140427005639I: Boeing 737-823, Flushing, NY, April 27, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2014, 07:50 local time
- Place: Flushing, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N815NN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N815NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-823 (registry code 13844CB, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-823) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B24/3 series (registry code 13074, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b24-3-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-823
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B24/3
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140427005639I

## Narrative

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

AMERICAN AIRLINES (AA) FLIGHT 2279, A B737-823, REGISTRATION NUMBER N815NN, WAS OPERATING A REVENUE FLIGHT FROM NY, LAGUARDIA AIRPORT (LGA) TO FL, MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MIA).

ACCORDING TO AIRPORT AGENCY REPORTS AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT (#2) ENGINE COWLING UNLATCHED DURING CLIMB OUT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND SAFELY LANDED AT LGA ON RUNWAY 31.

AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE UNEVENTFULLY WHERE THE PASSENGERS DISEMBARKED THE AIRCRAFT, ONCE THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS CLEAR OF RUNWAY 31, LGA AIRPORT OPERATIONS CLOSED RUNWAY 31, UNTIL AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A SWEEP OF THE RUNWAY FOR DEBRIS CAUSED BY THE UNLATCHING OF THE #2 ENGINE FAN COWLING. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES, OR ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED.

UPON LANDING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT?S #2 ENGINE FAN COWLS, BECAME COMPLETELY UNLATCHED AND WERE FOUND PARTIALLY DISLODGED AND DAMAGED. THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE #2 ENGINE OUTBOARD FAN COWL WAS TORN IN HALF AND THE DEBRIS FROM THE OUTBOARD FAN COWL IMPACTED THE RIGHT WING SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, CAUSING PUNCTURES AND DAMAGE TO THE TOP OF THE RIGHT WING/CENTER FUEL TANK , #5 LEADING EDGE SLAT, AND # 7 SPOILER. IT APPEARED THAT THERE WAS NO INGESTION OF ANY FAN COWL DEBRIS INTO THE #2 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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