29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 25, 1988 · 16:20 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
CNFF
Aircraft
FBPVE
Reported as
Boeing 747SPJ6
People aboard
340
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Overwing escape slide fell off on final approach. Departed minus slide. Civilian later returned slide.
As the FAA filed it
OVERWING ESCAPE SLIDE FELL OFF ON FINAL APPROACH. DEPARTED MINUS SLIDE. CIVILIAN LATER RETURNED SLIDE.