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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-281 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · January 31, 1991

Date
January 31, 1991 · 13:20 local
Place
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N748US
Reported as
Boeing 727281
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D17
People aboard
82
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
24,120 total3,120 in this make and model141 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.

NR1 engine fire warning on climb. Returned. Fire bottle used. No fire. Found fire b loop detection system shorted.

As the FAA filed it

NR1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING ON CLIMB. RETURNED. FIRE BOTTLE USED. NO FIRE. FOUND FIRE B LOOP DETECTION SYSTEM SHORTED.