21.3069° N, 157.8583° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 31, 1978 · 13:45 local
Place
Honolulu, HI
Airport
Honolulu International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N732PA
Reported as
Boeing 747121
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D7A
People aboard
379
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 during climb. Fire bottles discharged. Dumped fuel and returned for landing. Engine changed.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE WARNING DURING CLIMB. FIRE BOTTLES DISCHARGED. DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED FOR LANDING. ENGINE CHANGED.