# Incident 19900620064489I: Boeing 747121, Birmingham, AL, June 20, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1990, 16:20 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EIAA
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N474EV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N474EV-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-121 (registry code 1384871, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-121) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A (registry code 52050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747121
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,420 total, 2,650 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900620064489I

## Narrative

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

NR4 ENGINE COWLING SEPARATED EN ROUTE. RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY. FUEL LEAKING FROM ENGINE DURING TAXI.

## Other reports on N474EV (1)

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

- [Incident 19940412022939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940412022939I), Apr 12, 1994: Boeing 747100 (N474EV), Travis Afb, CA, Minor damage. After landing found 50 percent NR6 spoiler missing. When or why unknown. Appears to be delamination.

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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