# Incident 20031002027559I: Boeing 747132, Lyon, FR, October 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2003, 07:40 local time
- Place: Lyon, FR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EIAA
- Aircraft: N479EV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N479EV-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-132 (registry code 1384882, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747132
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D*
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04IA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04IA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031002027559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT CRUISE FLIGHT, FL400, CREW NOTED RT WING OVERHEAT INDICATION. CREW ACCOMPLISHED CHECKLISTS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE #3 AND #4 ENGINE B FIRE LOOP INDICATIONS ILLUMINATED. AN ACRID ODOR WAS DETECTED BY THE CREW. SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM BEHIND THE P-6 CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL FOLLOWED BY A SMALL FIRE IN THE FIRE DETECTION CARD FILE MODULE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND EMERGENCY DESCENT/LANDING SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED IN LYON, FRANCE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA04IA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04IA010), Oct 2, 2003: Boeing 747-100 (N479EV), Lyon, France, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: An undetermined malfunction in an aircraft system while in cruise flight leading to a fire in the engine number four B Loop portion (Card A16) of the fire detection controls cardfile.

## Other reports on N479EV (2)

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

- [Incident 20050503008089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050503008089I), May 3, 2005: Boeing 747132 (N479EV), Doha, QA. (-23) Eiaa, flight call sign - rch 285-enroute from ramstein germany (etar) to al udaid qatau (otbd) declared an emergency and diverted into Doha qatar (otbh)…
- [Incident 20020211019079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020211019079I), Feb 11, 2002: Boeing 747132 (N479EV), Norfolk, VA, Minor damage. (-23) On February 11, 2002, an evergreen B-747-100, N479EV, at Norfolk naval air station (ngu), was found to have damage after a flight from john f. kennedy…

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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