# Incident 20220815022089I: Boeing 767-231, Greensboro, NC, August 15, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2022, 07:15 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: 21GA
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N652GT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N652GT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-231 (registry code 1385131, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7 (registry code 51541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-231
- Reported engine: P & W JT9D-7
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220815022089I

## Narrative

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

ATQA REPORT # A-GL-22-003, 8023 NARRATIVE ITEM #33

DURING THE POST FLIGHT AIRCRAFT INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THE #1 ENGINE CORE COWL SEVERELY DAMAGED AND THE SLAT OUTBOARD OF THE ENGINE DAMAGED AS WELL. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THEY HAD NO INDICATION OF THIS INCIDENT. THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE CORE COWL SEPARATION IS INCONCLUSIVE. STRUCTURAL FAILURE WAS EVIDENT IN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE OUTBOARD COWL AND THE LEADING EDGE FORMER WHICH HAS A STRAIGHT BREAK AND THE OTHER FORMERS ARE TORN AND BENT TO THE REAR. AIRFLOW ENTERED THE DAMAGED AREA AND THE FORCE OF THE AIRFLOW TORE THE CORE COWLS LOOSE FROM THE ENGINE.

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