20020512012419I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747-273C · Fairfield, CA · May 12, 2002

Date
May 12, 2002 · 18:00 local
Place
Fairfield, CA
Airport
Travis Afb
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EIAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N470EV
Reported as
Boeing 747273C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Maintenance personnel on post flight inspection noted damage to l/h inboard aileron and l/h mid flap. Damage due to disconnected torque tube between #3 & 4 flap transmissions, allowing flap to come into contact with aileron.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION NOTED DAMAGE TO L/H INBOARD AILERON AND L/H MID FLAP. DAMAGE DUE TO DISCONNECTED TORQUE TUBE BETWEEN #3 & 4 FLAP TRANSMISSIONS, ALLOWING FLAP TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH AILERON.

Other reports on N470EV · 2

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