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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747300 · Houston, TX · December 17, 1991

Date
December 17, 1991 · 17:15 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
CNF3
Aircraft
FGCBB
Reported as
Boeing 747300
Reported engine
GE CF6*
People aboard
215
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 failed on climb out. Returned. Landed safely. NR4 engine compressor failed.

As the FAA filed it

NR4 ENGINE FAILED ON CLIMB OUT. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. NR4 ENGINE COMPRESSOR FAILED.