# Incident 19980106038829I: Boeing 747400, New York, NY, January 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1998, 22:13 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: KALF
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: HL746 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747400
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980106038829I

## Narrative

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

(NNUM-HL7462) CAPTAIN STATED-AIRCRAFT ON ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22L, MANUALLY FLYING AIRCRAFT. SIGHTED APPROACH LIGHTS WHEN DH REACHED. CONTINUED APPROACH VISUALLY AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DEVIATE AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE, THE STATES, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNSTABLE. HE EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH, ON-GO-AROUND, #4 ENG. OIL QUANTITY DECREASING AND PRESSURE DROPPED TO RED ZONE. #4 ENG. SHUT DOWN. THEN PROCEEDED TO APPRAOCH BY RADAR VECTOR ILS RUNWAY 22L AND LANDED RUNWAY 22L. CAPT, ASSUMES #4 ENG. TO HAVE CONTACTED THE GROUND DURING MISSED APPROACH. #4 ENG-FOUND FAN AND REVERSER COWLINGS SCRAPED/DAMAGED ON LOWER AREAS. MAIN GEARBOX PUNCTURED ON BOTTOM AND LEAKING OIL. ANGLE GEARBOX CRACKED, LOWER AREA. MAINT. INSPECTED #4 PYLON, FOUND OK. CHANGED #4 ENGINE AND COWLINGS. AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR SERVICE. NOTE: CAPTAIN NOT ASSIGNED FLIGHT DUTY UNTIL INVESTIGATION BY KAL IS COMPLETED. ALSO NY-IFO SENT LETTER TO KOREAN CAA APPRISING THEM OF THIS INCIDENT. CLOSED. (ABOVE NARRATIVE FROM 8020-23).

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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