45.5235° N, 122.6762° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Portland, OR, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 27, 1985 · 08:46 local
Place
Portland, OR
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
CLPF
Aircraft
NR353
Reported as
Boeing 747*
People aboard
246
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.
Aft cargo fire warning light came on and fire bottles were discharged. Diverted. Malfunction in detection system.
As the FAA filed it
AFT CARGO FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED. DIVERTED. MALFUNCTION IN DETECTION SYSTEM.