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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747245F · Columbus, OH · February 16, 1989

Date
February 16, 1989 · 02:30 local
Place
Columbus, OH
Airport
Port Columbus International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FTLA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N811FT
Reported as
Boeing 747245F
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,394 total4,299 in this make and model148 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.

Aft main gear primary and secondary door separated from aircraft on descent. Appears primary door hinges had failed

As the FAA filed it

AFT MAIN GEAR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DOOR SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT ON DESCENT. APPEARS PRIMARY DOOR HINGES HAD FAILED