# Incident 20260815013299I: Boeing 747-400F, Anchorage, AK, August 15, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2026, 13:52 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Ted Stevens Anchorage Internat
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: CALF
- Location: 61.1741° N, 149.9981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTL (ANC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1741&lon=-149.9981&mi=10
- Aircraft: B18725 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-400F
- Reported engine: GE AEROSPACE CF6-80C2
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 13,911 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260815013299I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER TAKEOFF AT ABOUT 5,500FT ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL), THERE WAS AN AUDIBLE FIRE WARNING AND AN "ENG FIRE 3" ENGINE-INDICATING AND CREW-ALERTING SYSTEM (EICAS) WARNING INDICATION ILLUMINATED. THE CREW DISCHARGED ONE FIRE EXTINGUISHING BOTTLE AND PERFORMED AN IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF THE NO. 3 ENGINE. DURING THE INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE, ELECTRICAL AC BUS TIE 3 TRIPPED AND ELECTRICAL AC BUS 3 DE-ENERGIZED, WHICH RESULTED IN THE LEFT-HAND AUTOPILOT DISENGAGING AND THE LOSS OF MULTIPLE INSTRUMENTS ON THE CAPTAIN’S SIDE. THE CREW ENGAGED THE C A/P AUTOPILOT AND DECLARED MAYDAY WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC). ATC VECTORED THE AIRPLANE TO A HOLDING PATTERN TO JETTISON FUEL PRIOR TO LANDING, BUT THE FUEL JETTISON CONTROL SYSTEM FAILED. WITH THE NO. 3 ENGINE FIRE WARNING NO LONGER ILLUMINATED FOLLOWING DISCHARGE OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHING BOTTLE, THE AIRPLANE REMAINED IN A HOLDING PATTERN TO BURN ENOUGH FUEL TO BE UNDER THE OVERWEIGHT LANDING LIMITS AND ALLOW FOR LANDING AT ANC. THE AIRPLANE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AFTER TAKEOFF.

A POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED FIRE DAMAGE TO A LOWER SECTION OF THE LEFT-HAND ENGINE COWL AND EVIDENCE OF AN UNDERCOWL FIRE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE ENGINE.

NTSB CONDUCTED INVESTIGATION.  PRESSURIZATION OF THE LEFT FUEL MANIFOLD WITH A NITROGEN GAS REVEALED A CRACK IN THE LEFT-HAND (INBOARD) FUEL MANIFOLD TUBE, LOCATED ADJACENT TO FUEL NOZZLE NUMBER 25. THE ENGINE WAS LATER REMOVED FROM THE AIRPLANE AND SHIPPED TO AN ENGINE REPAIR AND OVERHAUL FACILITY.  THE CRACKED LEFT FUEL MANIFOL TUBES WILL BE REMOVED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION AND DEPENDING ON CRACK ANALYSIS, SB TIMEFRAMES/INTERVAL FOR CONDUCTING INSPECTIONS SHOULD BE REVISITED.

THE FUEL MANIFOLD IS SUBJECT TO GE SB 73-0453 R1.  CHINA AIRLINES HAD PERFORMED THE SB TIMELY.

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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