# Incident 20001122022059I: Boeing 747249F, Seattle, WA, November 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2000, 20:45 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field-King County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: P5CA
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N920FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N920FT-2006-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-249F (registry code 1384849, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-249f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747249F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001122022059I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON NOVEMBER 22, 2000 POLAR AIR 2916 UNDER THE COMMAND OF^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 31L BOEING FIELD. THIS NIGHT LANDING OCCURRED AT 2045 LOCAL TIME.  BOEING TOWER INSTRUCTED POLAR AIR 2916 TO PROCEED TO THE END OF RUNWAY 31L AND TURNED LEFT.  POLAR AIR 2916 WAS SUPPORTING UNITED  PARCEL SERVICE WHOSE RAMP WAS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BOEING FILED.  WITHOUT OTHER INFORMATION, THE CREW OF POLAR AIR 2916 WOULD HAVE EXPECTED A RIGHT HAND TURN ONTO TAXIWAY A1 TO PROCEED TO THE UPS RAMP.  APPROACHING THE END OF RUNWAY 31L, POLAR AIR 2916 ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION OF THEIR TAX INSTRUCTIONS.  BOEING FIELD GROUND CONTROL RESPONDED WITH A CLEARANCE TO TURN RIGHT ON TAXIWAY A1.  SHORTLY THERE AFTER, BOEING GROUND CONTROL CORRECTED ITSELF, STOPPED POLAR AIR'S RIGHT TURN TO A1 AND REQUESTED POLAR AIR EXECUTE A HARD LEFT 180 DEGREE TURN AND EXIT RUNWAY 31L USING TAXIWAY B1.  WHILE EXECUTING THIS TURN, POLAR AIR'S NOSE WHEEL TIRE RAN OVER 5 THRESHOLD LIGHTS OF THE MEDIUM APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR RUNWAY 13R WHICH WERE NOT ILLUMINATED.

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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