37.7750° N, 122.4194° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 18, 1978 · 22:15 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
PAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N770PA
Reported as
Boeing 747/
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Fire warning on engine followed by shutdown. Uneventful landing fuel system leak with fire evidence.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE WARNING ON ENGINE FOLLOWED BY SHUTDOWN. UNEVENTFUL LANDING FUEL SYSTEM LEAK WITH FIRE EVIDENCE.