19880803044149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747122 · Los Angeles, CA · August 3, 1988

Date
August 3, 1988 · 14:55 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
Los Angeles International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4710U
Reported as
Boeing 747122
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D7A
People aboard
232
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22,000 total1,600 in this make and model210 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.

Engine fire indication on climbout. Returned after using fire bottles. Fire out but firewarning lights stayed on.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FIRE INDICATION ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED AFTER USING FIRE BOTTLES. FIRE OUT BUT FIREWARNING LIGHTS STAYED ON.