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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747-245F · New York, NY · February 12, 1991

Date
February 12, 1991 · 01:37 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
John F Kennedy International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDEA
Aircraft
N636FE
Reported as
Boeing 747245F
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D70A
People aboard
3
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.

NR4 engine shut down on climb. Returned. Large section of NR4 reverser had separated from right side of engine.

As the FAA filed it

NR4 ENGINE SHUT DOWN ON CLIMB. RETURNED. LARGE SECTION OF NR4 REVERSER HAD SEPARATED FROM RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE.