# Incident 20020901027049I: Boeing 747, Los Angeles, CA, September 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2002, 21:00 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: ANZF
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: ZKNBS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020901027049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTURE FROM AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND THE RIGHT INBOARD FORE FLAP ATTACH POINT P/N 65B39025-29 FAILED. THE BROKEN (HALF ROUND) ATTACH PIECE WAS RECOVERED FROM THE CANOE BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. SUBSEQUENT VIBRATION AND FLUTTER CAUSED THE FLAP TO BREAK INTO THREE PIECES OF WHICH THE TWO THIRDS ON THE INBOARD SIDE DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT CREW WAS UNAWARE OF THE INCIDENT AND CONTINUED THE FLIGHT TO LAX. LATER THAT DAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES IN NEW ZEALAND RECOVERED THE TWO PIECES OF THE FLAP FROM THE BAY UNDER THE DEPARTURE END OF THE AIRPORT IN AUCKLAND. THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT LAX. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT TWO THIRDS OF THE FORE FLAP WERE MISSING. SECONDARY DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE MID FLAP, THE FUSELAGE, AND THE OUTER FLAP WELL WIND RIB ALONG WITH OTHER RELATED SYSTEMS. PREVIOUS SDR REPORTS REVEAL SDR #P5CA9800739, DATED JULY 8, 1997 SHOWING THE SAME FAILURE FOR A BOEING 747-400. SDR SUBMITTED ^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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