# Accident 20011228036809A: Boeing 747128, Anchorage, AK, December 28, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2001, 07:27 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EIAA
- Location: 61.1794° N, 149.9833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1794&lon=-149.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3203Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3203Y-2010-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-128 (registry code 1384894, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-128) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747128
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011228036809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MORNING T/O (IN THE DARK) WITH 1400' RVR ON RNWY 32 PANC A/P. MOMENTARY STICK SHAKER WAS EXPERIENCED SHORTLY AFTER T/O. SPEEDS, ATTITUDE AND HANDLING APPEARED NORMAL. CREW NOTIFIED BY GROUND HANDLERS IN KSUU THAT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT HULL CONSISTENT WITH A TAIL STRIKE. NTSB (ANC02LA008) STATES THAT, "THE ... TAIL SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE TAIL STRIKE", (AND) "THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN TO MARANA, ARIZONA, FOR REPAIRS."

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC02LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA008), Dec 28, 2001: Boeing 747-128 (N3203Y), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's inadequate preflight planning, and failure to calculate the airplane weight and balance prior to departure.

## Other reports on N3203Y (3)

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

- [Incident 19980115001949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980115001949I), Jan 15, 1998: Boeing 747128 (N3203Y), Hong Kong, UK, Minor damage. Narrative: 01/16/98 notified by polar air cargo chief pilot of tail strike, B-747-128 N3203Y, during departure from vhhh (Hong Kong). Damage was discovered…
- [Incident 19961224043509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961224043509I), Dec 24, 1996: Boeing 747128 (N3203Y), Tucson, AZ. Narrative: on December 24, 1996, N3203Y,a B-747 operated by atlas air inc., was on an IFR flight plan from louisville,KY to marana, Arizona for the purpose of…
- [Incident 19941125047589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941125047589I), Nov 25, 1994: Boeing 747128 (N3203Y), Hong Kong, HK, Minor damage. Fire NR3 engine. Used bottles. Returned to Hong Kong. Csd had catastrophic failure due lack of oil. Overheated.

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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