# Incident 19881227068759I: Boeing 747151, Honolulu, HI, December 27, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1988, 11:15 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&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 JT9D7A
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,198 total, 6,452 in this make and model, 169 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881227068759I

## Narrative

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

NR1 ENGINE FLAMED OUT IN CRUISE. RESTARTED AND RETURNED TO HONOLULU. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. DEPARTED AGAIN.

## 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 19860408014939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860408014939I), Apr 8, 1986: Boeing 747151 (N608US), St Louis, MO. At start of takeoff roll the number 3 engine failed. Debris exited tailpipe. Returned to gate.

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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