# Incident 19990227016259I: Boeing 747*, Lajes, PO, February 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1999, 05:29 local time
- Place: Lajes, PO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: CNFF
- Aircraft: FGCBJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747*
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990227016259I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 3453, A B747/200 REPORTED COMING WITHIN 14 NM LATERALLY, 0 FEET VERTICALLY WITH AIR FRANCE 3453, A B747/200. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 3800N LATITUDE 4000W LONGITUDE AT FL330. AFR 3453 REDUCED SPEED AS A RESULT OF TCAS RA. THE INCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF AN OPERATIONAL ERROR WHEN ARINC REPORTED AFR 3531 LEVEL AT FL320 INSTEAD OF FL330. SANTA MARIA ACC ISSUES AFT 3531 A DESCENT TO FL320.

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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