# Incident 19881024070059I: Airbus A300B4605R, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 24, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1988, 18:15 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70054, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70054-2011-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A300 B4-605R (registry code 3930308, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-b4-605r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300B4605R
- Reported engine: GE CF680C2B2
- People aboard: 272
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89IA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881024070059I

## Narrative

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

REPORTED FIRE INDICATION IN RIGHT ENGINE. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED. BLEED VALVE CLAMPS WERE UNDER TORQUED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA89IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89IA016), Oct 24, 1988: Airbus Industrie A-300-600R (N70054), San Juan, PR, incident, no damage

## Other reports on N70054 (1)

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

- [Accident 19991027029719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991027029719A), Oct 27, 1999: Airbus A300B4605R (N70054), Miami, FL. (.19) On October 27, 1999, at approximately 0440 eastern daylight time, an Airbus A300-605, N70054, encountered clear air turbulence enroute to Miami, Florida.…

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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