# Incident 19980115001949I: Boeing 747128, Hong Kong, UK, January 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1998, 11:14 local time
- Place: Hong Kong, UK
- Airport: Hong Kong International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: P5CA
- Aircraft: N3203Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3203Y-2010-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-128 (registry code 1384894, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-128) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747128
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D7A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,527 total, 1,609 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980115001949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 01/16/98 NOTIFIED BY POLAR AIR CARGO CHIEF PILOT OF TAIL STRIKE, B-747-128 N3203Y, DURING DEPARTURE FROM VHHH (HONG KONG). DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION AT DESTINATION, RJCC (CHITOSE). ALL THREE CREWMEMBERS WERE REMOVED FROM SCHEDULE BY POLAR AIR CARGO PENDING INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT RECORDER WAS A DMI ITEM FROM THE INBOUND FLIGHT AND WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. 01/16/98 ALL THREE CREWMEMBERS RECEIVED TRAINING AND SPECIAL PROFICIENCY CHECKS BY THE MANAGER FLIGHT STANDARDS AND CHIEF FLIGHT ENGINEER. ALL THREE CREWMEMBERS WERE FOUND TO BE PROFICIENT AND RETURNED TO SCHEDULE. 01/29/98 WIND SHEAR HAD BEEN REPORTED ON BOTH VHHH RUNWAYS 31 & 13 AND SEQUENCE WEATHER REPORTED VARIABLE WIND DIRECTION 16 G 28 WITH TSRA & SHRA. A REVIEW OF THE CREW STATEMENTS CONFIRMS SIC MCCLAIN WAS THE FLYING PILOT. ROTATION APPEARED NORMAL UNTIL A STICK SHAKER WAS MOMENTARILY ENCOUNTERED. THE PIC CALLED "WIND SHEAR" WHILE NOTICING AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF ROTATION WHILE PASSING V2. THE SIC STATED THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED NOT TO CLIMB AS ANTICIPATED CAUSING HIM TO OVER ROTATE TO ACHIEVE CLIMB. STATEMENTS OF THE TAKEOFF EVENT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE REPORTED WIND SHEAR AND VARIABLE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS WHICH EXISTED AT DEPARTURE. EXAMINATION OF FLIGHT DOCUMENTS CONFIRMED PAC 188 WAS PROPERLY DISPATCHED, WEIGHT & BALANCE WAS PROPERLY PREPARED, THE TAKE-OFF GROSS WEIGHT OF 687,613 POUNDS WAS BELOW THE RUNWAY 31 MAX. TAKE-OFF WEIGHT ALLOWABLE, 688,800 POUNDS, AND THE COMPUTED CENTER OF GRAVITY, 21.2 WAS WELL WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE CG ENVELOPE. THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED TO RJCC SINCE THE CREW WAS UNAWARE A TAIL STRIKE HAD OCCURRED UNTIL THE DAMAGE WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION AFTER BEING DISCOVERED DURING A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION. THIS INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED.

## Other reports on N3203Y (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20011228036809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011228036809A), Dec 28, 2001: Boeing 747128 (N3203Y), Anchorage, AK, No damage. (-23) Morning t/o (in the dark) with 1400' RVR on rnwy 32 panc a/p. momentary stick shaker was experienced shortly after t/o. speeds, attitude and handling…
- [Incident 19961224043509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961224043509I), Dec 24, 1996: Boeing 747128 (N3203Y), Tucson, AZ. Narrative: on December 24, 1996, N3203Y,a B-747 operated by atlas air inc., was on an IFR flight plan from louisville,KY to marana, Arizona for the purpose of…
- [Incident 19941125047589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941125047589I), Nov 25, 1994: Boeing 747128 (N3203Y), Hong Kong, HK, Minor damage. Fire NR3 engine. Used bottles. Returned to Hong Kong. Csd had catastrophic failure due lack of oil. Overheated.

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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