20120222001839I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747-481 · Houston, TX · February 22, 2012

Date
February 22, 2012 · 10:45 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Bush Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UIEA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N263SG
Reported as
Boeing 747-481
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

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.

Aircraft fire protection system loop "b" failed during climbout. System loop "a" had been defered per the MEL, so the flt crew declared an emergency, followed the procedures, and returned to iah for an uneventful landing. According to the aircraft flt log the no.4 engine fire loops had been worked on since 02/20/2012

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM LOOP "B" FAILED DURING CLIMBOUT. SYSTEM LOOP "A" HAD BEEN DEFERED PER THE MEL, SO THE FLT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURES, AND RETURNED TO IAH FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE AIRCRAFT FLT LOG THE NO.4 ENGINE FIRE LOOPS HAD BEEN WORKED ON SINCE 02/20/2012