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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747/ · Chicago, IL · January 19, 1980

Date
January 19, 1980 · 08:30 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N616US
Reported as
Boeing 747/
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D7F
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.

Pilot shut down #3 engine because of fire warning light. Restarted later in flight. Fire damage found.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SHUT DOWN #3 ENGINE BECAUSE OF FIRE WARNING LIGHT. RESTARTED LATER IN FLIGHT. FIRE DAMAGE FOUND.