# Incident 19860408014939I: Boeing 747151, St Louis, MO, April 8, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1986, 13:55 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N608US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N608US-2001-12-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-151 (registry code 1384891, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A (registry code 52050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747151
- Reported engine: PWA JT9*
- People aboard: 415
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860408014939I

## Narrative

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

AT START OF TAKEOFF ROLL THE NUMBER 3 ENGINE FAILED. DEBRIS EXITED TAILPIPE. RETURNED TO GATE.

## Other reports on N608US (2)

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

- [Incident 19950526016899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950526016899I), May 26, 1995: Boeing 747100 (N608US), Narita, JA, Minor damage. Narrative: after landing at nrt following normal approach and target speed with smooth touchdown, the aircraft decelerated abnormally fast and pulled to the…
- [Incident 19881227068759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881227068759I), Dec 27, 1988: Boeing 747151 (N608US), Honolulu, HI. NR1 engine flamed out in cruise. Restarted and returned to Honolulu. Unable to duplicate problem. Departed again.

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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