# Incident 19990726023259I: Boeing 747245F, Phoenix, AZ, July 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1999, 11:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N638FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N638FE-2002-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-245F (registry code 1384897, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-245f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A (registry code 52050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747245F
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D70A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990726023259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CLIMBING THROUGH 34000 FT @ .84 MACH, 30 MILES NW OF PXR VOR ON J92, PILOT REPORT SUDDEN AIRFRAME SHUDDER. LEFT INBD FLAP VIBRATING VISIBLY, VIBRATION INCREASING AS IT WENT INBD.  ACFT WAS SLOWED TO .60 MACH AND VIBRATION STOPPED.  ACFT DIVERTED TO EVERETT (PAINE FIELD), WA.  GROUND INSPECTION FOUND LEFT INBD AFT TRAILING EDGE PANEL AND INBD FORE AND MIDFLAP DAMAGED.  AFT PORTION ON THE UPPER TRAILING EDGE PANEL, 8FT BY 3FT HAD DISBONDED AND DEPARTED ACFT.  NEW CREW INJURIES.  METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS NOT A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N638FE (1)

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

- [Incident 19930201004709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930201004709I), Feb 1, 1993: Boeing 747245F (N638FE), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. Found nr 26 leading edge flap panel was missing, on landing. Pilot did not notice any unusual handling.

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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