# NTSB ENG08WA013: Boeing 737-217, Cusco, Peru, February 10, 2008

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 10, 2008, 00:01 local (05:01 UTC)
- Place: Cusco, Peru
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 55 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG08WA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67507/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG08WA013

## Factual narrative

On February 10, 2008, at 12:48 local, an AeroCondor Boeing 737-217, registered in Peru as OB-1843-P, had a rejected takeoff at Aeropuerto Velasco Astete, Cusco, Peru.  According to the Peruvian CIAA's report, the pilots rejected the takeoff at around 95 knots after they heard a loud explosion from the No. 2 engine.  The report further stated that the damage to the engine was contained.  Boeing 737-200 airplanes are equipped with Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines.

The investigation is under the direction of the Republic of Peru.

For further information, contact:

Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes de Aviacion (CIAA)

Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil

Avenida Jiron Zorritos 1203, Lima 1 Peru Central:  6157800

Telephone:  (511) 315-7800

## Aircraft

- Registration: OB-1843-P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 737-217
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: AeroCondor, doing business as AeroCondor
- Departed: CUZ, Cusco
- Destination: Juliaca
- Flight plan: Unknown

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.

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