# Incident 19840912052949I: Boeing 747121, Sherbrooke, CA, September 12, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1984, 14:44 local time
- Place: Sherbrooke, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAAA
- Aircraft: N749PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N749PA-1992-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-121 (registry code 1384871, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-121) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747121
- People aboard: 296
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840912052949I

## Narrative

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

FALSE FIRE INDICATION IN BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. CAPTAIN FIRED EXTINGUISHERS. FAULTY ELECTRONIC PANEL REPLACED.

## Other reports on N749PA (1)

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

- [Incident 19851007059009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851007059009I), Oct 7, 1985: Boeing 747121 (N749PA), San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. Vibration after takeoff due to separation of left wing leading edge flap. Dumped fuel and returned.

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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