# Incident 19910411030719I: Boeing 747151, Boston, MA, April 11, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1991, 20:50 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N605US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N605US-1995-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-151 (registry code 1384891, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747151
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D3
- People aboard: 414
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 147 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910411030719I

## Narrative

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

NR 3 ENGINE FIRE WARNING. USED EXTINGUISHER. RETURNED. NO FIRE. BLEED AIR MAIN BREATHER ELBOW BROKE. HEAT SET ALARM

## Other reports on N605US (1)

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

- [Incident 19920116001779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920116001779I), Jan 16, 1992: Boeing 747151 (N605US), San Francisco, CA. Nose gear door warning en route. Made unscheduled landing. Released for flight. Returned again with same problem.

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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