# Incident 19980203005729I: Boeing 747132, Honolulu, HI, February 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1998, 12:55 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EIAA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N481EV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N481EV-2010-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-132 (registry code 1384882, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A (registry code 52050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747132
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D7A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980203005729I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 3, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1255 HOURS (HST), AIRCRAFT N481EV, A B-747 LANDED AT HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS AIRCRAFT IS OPERATED BY EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AT THE GATE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NUMBER 4 ENGINE TRANSLATING RING COWL WAS MISSING. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THE #4 PYLON (DOGHOUSE) LEADING EDGE ACCESS COVER WAS MISSING. ALSO MISSING WAS ONE SEGMENT OF THE VARIABLE LEADING EDGE MID-FLAP NEXT TO THE #4 ENGINE NACELLE, A GASH (3'X5") ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAILING EDGE FLAP OUTBOARD CANOE (FIBERGLASS) AND A FEW DENTS ON THE #4 ENGINE INBOARD COWL. THERE WERE SOME SHEET METAL PARTS RECOVERED ALONG THE EDGE OF RUNWAY 8L, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED. THESE PARTS WERE NOT READILY IDENTIFIABLE. THE AIRWORTHINESS OF THE AIRCRFT WAS COMPROMISED WHEN THE PARTS WERE FOUND MISSING FROM THE ENGINE. HOW THIS HAPPENED IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT ANY WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON OR AROUND THIS ENGINE PRECEDING THIS FLIGHT. THERE IS NO INDICATION OF STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF ANY OF THE RECOVERED PARTS. ALL OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES APPEAR TO BE A NEGATIVE FACTOR AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N481EV (1)

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

- [Incident 19990119004649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990119004649I), Jan 19, 1999: Boeing 747132 (N481EV), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. (.19) On January 19, 1999, at 0326 Alaska standard time (ast), a Boeing 747-100 airplane, N481EV, sustained minor damage when a fire occurred in the number…

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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