# Incident 19990731024229I: Boeing 767222, Boston, MA, July 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1999, 23:30 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N609UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767222
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990731024229I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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