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FAA incident report · Boeing 767222 · Boston, MA · July 31, 1999

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Date
July 31, 1999 · 23:30 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N609UA
Reported as
Boeing 767222

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During a flight from san francisco to Boston, a domestic dog being conveyed as cargo in a dog kennel escaped his confine. The animal wandered around the forward cargo hold during the flight. At some point, the dog began to chew his way out of the in-flight aircraft. He clawed off a portion of cargo hold side wall, then chewed into the insulation. Eventually the dog further chewed a wire bundle breaking twelve wires and damaging many others. The flight crew, during descent, selected flaps one normally. When a further fllap setting was selected, the ecas indicated a flap fault with no further command of the fllaps available. A few moments later, other fault messages came on to alert the crew of additional failures occuring all without explanation. During conversations with aircraft maintenance while in flight, no commonality to the system failures was realized. The aircraft then landed fast with only flaps one available. The aircraft landed without further consequences. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

DURING A FLIGHT FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BOSTON, A DOMESTIC DOG BEING CONVEYED AS CARGO IN A DOG KENNEL ESCAPED HIS CONFINE. THE ANIMAL WANDERED AROUND THE FORWARD CARGO HOLD DURING THE FLIGHT. AT SOME POINT, THE DOG BEGAN TO CHEW HIS WAY OUT OF THE IN-FLIGHT AIRCRAFT. HE CLAWED OFF A PORTION OF CARGO HOLD SIDE WALL, THEN CHEWED INTO THE INSULATION. EVENTUALLY THE DOG FURTHER CHEWED A WIRE BUNDLE BREAKING TWELVE WIRES AND DAMAGING MANY OTHERS. THE FLIGHT CREW, DURING DESCENT, SELECTED FLAPS ONE NORMALLY. WHEN A FURTHER FLLAP SETTING WAS SELECTED, THE ECAS INDICATED A FLAP FAULT WITH NO FURTHER COMMAND OF THE FLLAPS AVAILABLE. A FEW MOMENTS LATER, OTHER FAULT MESSAGES CAME ON TO ALERT THE CREW OF ADDITIONAL FAILURES OCCURING ALL WITHOUT EXPLANATION. DURING CONVERSATIONS WITH AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE WHILE IN FLIGHT, NO COMMONALITY TO THE SYSTEM FAILURES WAS REALIZED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED FAST WITH ONLY FLAPS ONE AVAILABLE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER CONSEQUENCES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^