# Incident 19950721036789I: Boeing 747230B, Dakar, SG, July 21, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1995, 04:25 local time
- Place: Dakar, SG
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UIEA
- Aircraft: N509MC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747230B
- Reported engine: GE CF650*
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,640 total, 860 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950721036789I

## Narrative

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

LOUD BANG CLIMBING FL230. VIBRATION YAW. NR4 ENGINE ON FIRE. USED BOTTLES. DESCENDED FIRE WENT OUT.TURBINE BLEW.

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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