# Incident 19991109031969I: Boeing 747282B, Al-Kharj, SA, November 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1999, 10:00 local time
- Place: Al-Kharj, SA
- Airport: Al-Kharj Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWRA
- Aircraft: N610FF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N610FF-2012-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-282B (registry code 1384860, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-282b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747282B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991109031969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 9, 1999, A TOWER AIR MECHANIC (ZAHID MIAN) WAS SEVERELY INJURED WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON TOWER AIRCRAFT N610FF AT AL KHARJI, SAUDI ARABIA. THE INJURIES WERE THE RESULT OF AN APPARENT UNCOMMANDED MOVEMENT OF THE LEFT WING IN BOARD LEADING EDGE DEVISE.  THE LEADING EDGE DEVISE RETRACTED CRUSHING MR. MIAN.  TOWER AIR PERSONNEL EXTENDING THE LEADING EDGE THEREBY RELEASING MR. MIAN WHERE HE THEN RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION.  FAA INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS AT THIS TIME.

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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