38.2542° N, 85.7594° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 31, 1990 · 13:31 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Standiford Field
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
IPXA
Aircraft
N673UP
Reported as
Boeing 747123
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total2,000 in this make and model125 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.
NR3 engine flamed out. Dumped fuel. Diverted to Louisville. Found input shaft for engine driven fuel pump sheared.
As the FAA filed it
NR3 ENGINE FLAMED OUT. DUMPED FUEL. DIVERTED TO LOUISVILLE. FOUND INPUT SHAFT FOR ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP SHEARED.