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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747* · Comox, CN · June 5, 1979

Date
June 5, 1979 · 06:31 local
Place
Comox, CN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N612US
Reported as
Boeing 747*
People aboard
376
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.

Engine fire in flight due to gear box failure. Fire bottle failed due to hose disconnected.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FIRE IN FLIGHT DUE TO GEAR BOX FAILURE. FIRE BOTTLE FAILED DUE TO HOSE DISCONNECTED.

Other reports on N612US · 5

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.