UA1898 - Incident: United B739 at San Francisco on Dec 7th 2024
Created Tuesday, Dec 10th 2024 20:51Z, last updated Tuesday, Dec 10th 2024 20:51Z
A United Boeing 737-900, registration N37420 performing flight UA-1898 from San Francisco,CA to Denver,CO (USA) with 187 people on board, was climbing out of San Francisco's runway 01L when the crew stopped the climb at 3000 feet reporting a surge of the left hand engine (CFM56) and decided to return to San Francisco. The aircraft landed on runway 28R about 10 minutes after departure, tower reported seeing the left hand engine on fire, emergency services responded, shortly afterwards tower reported the engine appeared normal again. The crew shut the left engine down.
The FAA reported: "United Airlines Flight 1898 safely returned to San Francisco International Airport around 1:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, Dec. 7, after the crew reported a possible engine issue. The Boeing 737-900 was headed to Denver International Airport. The FAA will investigate."
A replacement Airbus A321-200N registration N14512 reached Denver with a delay of about 8 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in San Francisco about 72 hours after landing back.
Source: The Aviation Herald