37.6188° N, 122.3754° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 3, 1995 · 13:30 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
San Francisco International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
VAWF
Aircraft
GVLAX
Reported as
Boeing 747*
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D7J
People aboard
315
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.
NR1 engine surged during climb. High tgt temp. Fire drill. Dumped fuel, returned to San Francisco.
As the FAA filed it
NR1 ENGINE SURGED DURING CLIMB. HIGH TGT TEMP. FIRE DRILL. DUMPED FUEL, RETURNED TO SAN FRANCISCO.