# Incident 19940731032739I: Boeing 747238B, New York, NY, July 31, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1994, 21:45 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWRA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10024 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747238B
- People aboard: 477
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940731032739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 31, 1994 TOWER AIR, FLT. #14, RETURNED TO JFK INT'L. AIRPORT, NY DUE TO A FIRE WARNING ON THE NO. 2 ENGINE. AT 9000' THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL CAME ON. THE CREW SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND HAD TO DISCHARGE BOTH FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES TO PUT THE LIGHT OUT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AFTER DUMPING 70,000 LB. OF FUEL. TOWER AIR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL FIRE IN THE VICINITY OF NO. 2 ENGINE LOW PRESSURE TURBINE CASE, CAUSED BY EXCESS OIL IN THE ENGINE GEAR BOX. THE EXCESS GEAR BOX OIL IS NORMALLY EXPELLED FROM THE BREATHER TUBE AND EXHAUSTED TO THE ATMOSPHERE VIA DUCTING THROUGH THE ENGINE COWLING. IN THIS INCIDENT THE DUCTING WAS BENT AND THE OIL WAS EXHAUSTED INSIDE THE ENGINE COWLING. TOWER AIR PERSONNEL CORRECTED THIS PROBLEM AND ARE ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE TO INSPECT THE BREATHER EXHAUST SYSTEM WHENEVER THE ENGINE COWLING IS DISTURBED. IN ADDITION TOWER AIR IS ISSUING A MEMORANDUM TO ALL SERVICE PERSONNEL REEMPHASIZING THE PROPER PROCEDURES WHEN ADDING OIL TO THE P&W JT9 ENGINE. THE FAA HAS DETERMINED THAT NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED IN THIS INCIDENT.

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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