# Incident 19891120046099I: Airbus A300B4605R, Boston, MA, November 20, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1989, 09:18 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91050, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91050-2011-08-26) (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
- People aboard: 163
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 228 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891120046099I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE INDICATIONS IN EQUIPMENT BAY ON ROTATION. RETURNED. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. HAD GLYCOL ODOR FROM DEICING BATH.

## Other reports on N91050 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880510025169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880510025169I), May 10, 1988: Airbus A300B4103 (N91050), Bermuda, BD, Minor damage. Extensive fuel burn on right engine. Diverted to Bermuda. Landed safely. Found the engine fuel pump case cracked.

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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