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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747135 · Gander, CN · August 28, 1981

Date: August 28, 1981 · 01:55 local
Place: Gander, CN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: NWAA
Aircraft: N621US
Reported as: Boeing 747135
People aboard: 284
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N621USRegistration cancelled May 12, 1995 · Boeing 747-268FS/N 19919 Airframe modelBoeing 747-268F

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.

Cabin wall fire from exploding window light ballast.

As the FAA filed it

CABIN WALL FIRE FROM EXPLODING WINDOW LIGHT BALLAST.

Other reports on N621US · 3

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

Incident 19900807057449IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Detroit, MINR1 engine oil quantity problems. Shut down and diverted for landing. After taxiing,several tires were flat.Aug 7, 1990 Incident 19800212030209IOther Ground Ops · Chicago, ILOn push back from gate by tug, the left wing contacted the lower rudder tab of the other aircraft.Feb 12, 1980 · Minor damage Incident 19790807029609IForced/Precautionary Landing · Boston, MACompressor stall with full scale EGT reading preceded shutdown. Dumped fuel, uneventful landing.Aug 7, 1979