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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747SP-21 · Sydney, AS · April 8, 1989

Date
April 8, 1989 · 11:04 local
Place
Sydney, AS
Airport
Kingsford Smith
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N147UA
Reported as
Boeing 747SP21
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D7A
People aboard
247
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,034 in this make and model174 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.

Firm landing with a crosswind. Landed with slight crab. Gear moved aft. Corrosion in right landing gear trunnion.

As the FAA filed it

FIRM LANDING WITH A CROSSWIND. LANDED WITH SLIGHT CRAB. GEAR MOVED AFT. CORROSION IN RIGHT LANDING GEAR TRUNNION.