# Incident 19801009083289I: Boeing 747200F, London, UK, October 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1980, 20:56 local time
- Place: London, UK
- Airport: Heathrow
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FTLA
- Aircraft: N807FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N807FT-1989-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-200F (registry code 1384866, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-200f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747200F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,586 total, 719 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801009083289I

## Narrative

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

AS REVERSE THRUST WAS APPLIED NOSE PITCHED UP. AFT FUSELAGE CONTACTED RUNWAY. PROBABLE GA SWITCH ACTIVATED.

## Other reports on N807FT (3)

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

- [Incident 19870821064049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870821064049I), Aug 21, 1987: Boeing 747200F (N807FT), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. The aircraft veered off the side of the runway on takeoff. Pilot failed to account for high crosswind, wet runway.
- [Incident 19860914082529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860914082529I), Sep 14, 1986: Boeing 747200F (N807FT), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Struck approach and threshold lights at departure end of runway on takeoff. Maximum gross weight not exceeded.
- [Incident 19850925053199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850925053199I), Sep 25, 1985: Boeing 747200F (N807FT), Chicago, IL. Lost nr 1 hydraulic system pressure during climb. Safe landing. Nose gear steering actuator came apart.

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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