# Incident 19951018039679I: Boeing 747122, Honolulu, HI, October 18, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1995, 10:58 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4717U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4717U-1998-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-122 (registry code 1384872, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-122) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747122
- People aboard: 383
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951018039679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 18, 1995, UNITED AIRLINES (UALA) B747-122 AIRCRAFT N4717U FLT 821 DEPARTED HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR NARITA, JAPAN. APPROXIMATELY TWENTY (20) MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE, A FIRE WARNING AT THE FORWARD LOWER LOBE GALLEY WENT OFF. THE FLIGHT CREW DUMPED FUEL, RETURNED TO HONOLULU AND LANDED OVER GROSS WEIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 652,000 LBS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED NORMALLY. THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY OVEN OVERHEATING. A FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTICED THE SMOKE FROM THE OVEN AND OPENED THE DOOR. THE FLAME SHOT OUT. THE FIRE WAS IMMEDIATELY EXTINGUISHED. INSPECTION OF THE OVEN SHOWED THAT THE OVEN DOOR SEAL WAS INTACT THUS CONTAINING THE FIRE WITHIN THE OVEN UNTIL THE OVEN DOOR WAS OPENED. INSPECTION OF THE LOWER GALLEY REVEALED THAT THE SURROUNDING AREA OUTSIDE THE OVEN WAS SLIGHTLY SCORCHED BY THE FIRE. THE DEFECTIVE OVEN WAS SENT TO UALA SAN FRANCISCO MAINTENANCE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. INCIDENT CLOSED NO PILOT DEVIATION NMAC IWP1396001

## Other reports on N4717U (4)

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

- [Incident 19890318021509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890318021509I), Mar 18, 1989: Boeing 747122 (N4717U), Honolulu, HI. Passenger reported fuel leak at gate. Flight engineer checked it out. Reboarded and took off. No fuel leak found.
- [Incident 19830701040109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830701040109I), Jul 1, 1983: Boeing 747* (N4717U), Omaha, NE. Landed at Omaha to remove four passengers for interference with the flight crew. Arrested by fbi agents.
- [Incident 19830620076152I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830620076152I), Jun 20, 1983: Boeing 747122 (N4717U), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Struck by N808FT a 747 while holding at takeoff run up pad.
- [Incident 19800423050259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800423050259I), Apr 23, 1980: Boeing 747122 (N4717U), San Francisco, CA. RH wing escape slide door open and slide separated from aircraft during training flight.

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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