19890319016379I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747-251F · Anchorage, AK · March 19, 1989

Date
March 19, 1989 · 09:48 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Anchorage International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N629US
Reported as
Boeing 747251F
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 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.

Popping noise in cabin on climbout. Dumped fuel and returned. Cargo door retainer bar unlocked due sheared door pin

As the FAA filed it

POPPING NOISE IN CABIN ON CLIMBOUT. DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED. CARGO DOOR RETAINER BAR UNLOCKED DUE SHEARED DOOR PIN

Other reports on N629US · 2

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