# Incident 19830505032279I: Boeing 747151, Minneapolis, MN, May 5, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1983, 21:05 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St.Pa
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601US-2001-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-151 (registry code 1384891, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747151
- Reported engine: PWA JT9*
- People aboard: 395
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830505032279I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FIBERGLASS HONEYCOMB PANEL BETWEEN FUSELAGE AND PYLON ON  LEFT WING CRACKED. HAD LIGHT TURBULENCE. FUEL DUMPED.

## Other reports on N601US (2)

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

- [Incident 19921129054919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921129054919I), Nov 29, 1992: Boeing 747151 (N601US), Minneapolis, MN. NR4 fire warning on NR4 engine. Shut engine down. Normal landing. Found NR4 engine oil tank cap mising.
- [Incident 19890907063139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890907063139I), Sep 7, 1989: Boeing 747151 (N601US), Manila, RP. Unable to get one gear down. Elected to land with nose and body main gear down and wing gear up.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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