19850118004909I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747123 · Newark, NJ · January 18, 1985

Date
January 18, 1985 · 08:04 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TAGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9661
Reported as
Boeing 747123
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total100 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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.

On takeoff, nose tire flipped flush taxiway centerline light cover housing into landing gear. Cut hydraulic line.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKEOFF, NOSE TIRE FLIPPED FLUSH TAXIWAY CENTERLINE LIGHT COVER HOUSING INTO LANDING GEAR. CUT HYDRAULIC LINE.