# Incident 19890517015039I: Boeing 747121, Anchorage, AK, May 17, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1989, 08:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FTLA
- Location: 61.1797° N, 149.8791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1797&lon=-149.8791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818FT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747121
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 182 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC89IA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89IA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890517015039I

## Narrative

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

VIBRATION ON TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR DUE TO HYDRAULIC FAILURE AND BLOWN TIRES. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC89IA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89IA071), May 17, 1989: Boeing 747-121 (N818FT), Anchorage, AK, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF TIRES ON THE RIGHT INSIDE MAIN GEAR TRUCK. A RELATED FACTOR WAS: FAILURE OF OPERATOR/MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL TO FOLLOW PROPER LOADING PROCEDURES, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IMPROPER LATERAL WEIGHT…

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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