# NTSB investigations: Boeing 757-232: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ENG26LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG26LA029.md): Boeing 757 · Atlanta, GA · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Jul 24, 2026 · N662DN · No damage
  > On July 24, 2026, about 14:32 Coordinated Universal Time, a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200, N662DN, powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW2037 turbofan engines, experienced a No. 1 (left) engine fire during initial climb from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta…
- [NTSB ENG17IA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG17IA036.md): Boeing 757 232 · Las Vegas, NV · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 6, 2017 · N686DA · No damage
  > A No. 1 (left) engine undercowl fire caused by a fuel nozzle installation error during engine overhaul at Delta TechOps. A fuel nozzle b-nut was cross threaded, which allowed fuel to leak on hot engine case surfaces and subsequently ignite.
- [NTSB ENG11IA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG11IA035.md): Boeing 757-232 · Atlanta, GA · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 2011 · N6714Q · No damage
  > 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 housing backing off from the main housing, creating a gap…
- [NTSB ENG08IA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG08IA038.md): Boeing 757 · Las Vegas, NV · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 2008 · N666DN · No damage
  > The engine experienced an uncontained release of high pressure turbine material due to fatigue cracks that occurred on four consecutive blade retainig lugs on the 2nd stage turbine hub. The cracked lugs resulted in the release of four 2nd stage turbine blades…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1384965')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '340' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence?model=1384965

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