Mesa CRJ9 at Dallas on Aug 30th 2023, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: August 31, 2023 / 20:53:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 30, 2023

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Mesa Airlines

Flight number
UA-6137

Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Destination
Denver, United States

Aircraft Registration
N943LR

Aircraft Type
Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-705

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ9

A Mesa Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of United, registration N943LR performing flight UA-6137 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Denver,CO (USA) with 45 people on board, was climbing out of Dallas' runway 36R when the crew declared emergency reporting a left hand engine (CF34) fire indication, advising they had shut the engine down as a precaution and requested an immediate return to runway 36R. The aircraft stopped the climb at 7000 feet, positioned for the approach to runway 36R and landed without further incident about 17 minutes after departure and vacated the runway. Emergency services checked the aircraft on the taxiway.

A replacement CRJ-900 registration N902FJ reached Denver with a delay of about 5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 30, 2023

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Mesa Airlines

Flight number
UA-6137

Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Destination
Denver, United States

Aircraft Registration
N943LR

Aircraft Type
Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-705

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ9

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