21.3069° N, 157.8583° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 14, 1990 · 08:10 local
Place
Honolulu, HI
Airport
Honolulu International Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
SCOF
Aircraft
ELBTS
Reported as
Boeing 747283B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D7Q
People aboard
253
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.
Engines did not respond to control effort. Generator power lost. Emergency relight and safe landing.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINES DID NOT RESPOND TO CONTROL EFFORT. GENERATOR POWER LOST. EMERGENCY RELIGHT AND SAFE LANDING.