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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747122 · San Francisco, CA · May 11, 1985

Date
May 11, 1985 · 16:40 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N4712U
Reported as
Boeing 747122
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D3A
People aboard
196
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.

Inflight fire warning nr 1 engine. Shutdown and returned to airport. Evidence of small fire near nr 4 heat shield.

As the FAA filed it

INFLIGHT FIRE WARNING NR 1 ENGINE. SHUTDOWN AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. EVIDENCE OF SMALL FIRE NEAR NR 4 HEAT SHIELD.