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| Date: | Monday 20 June 2011 |
| Time: | 23:07 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-232 |
| Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | N6714Q |
| MSN: | 30485/949 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | P & W PW2037 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 178 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On June 21, 2011, 0007 eastern daylight time, a Boeing B-757-232, registration number N6714Q, operated by Delta Air Lines (DAL) as flight 1323, and powered by two Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PW2037 turbofan engines, experienced a left engine (No. 1) fire while taking off from Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia. The Captain reported that during gear retraction she observed a small yaw followed a few seconds later, while climbing through 3,000 feet, by a left engine fire indication. The Captain declared an emergency, shutdown the No. 1 engine, and a turnback to ATL was initiated. The airplane made a successful overweight single-engine landing and stopped on runway 26L at ATL, and an emergency evacuation was conducted on the right side of the airplane onto the runway. When the Airport Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) arrived at the airplane, the No. 1 engine was still on fire and they discharged fire retardant agent into the aft end of the engine to put out the fire. Of the 172 passengers and 6 crewmembers on board the flight, three passengers received minor injuries associated with the slide evacuation. The incident flight was a 14 CFR Part 121 domestic passenger flight from ATL to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ENG11IA035
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 July 2007 | N6714Q | Delta Air Lines | 0 | Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL) | |
non |
| Runway incursion with a/c (no oollision) | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2023 17:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 18-Jul-2023 19:03 | nhofmann54 | Updated |
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