# Incident 20030215002579I: Boeing 747212B, Catania, IT, February 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2003, 09:19 local time
- Place: Catania, IT
- Airport: Fontanarossa Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EIAA
- Aircraft: N485EV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N485EV-2017-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-212B (registry code 1384886, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-212b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747212B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 1,962 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030215002579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED FOR A DAY, VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28L AT SIGONELLA AB, ITALY. IT DESCENDED OUT OF THE CLOUDS AT 3000 FEET. THE RUNWAY APPEARED AT 11 O'CLOCK AND LOW. PIC ESTABLISHED A STEEP GLIDE PATH WHICH RESULTED IN A HIGHER THAN NORMAL APPROACH SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AND BOUNCED SLIGHTLY. IT COULD NOT BE STOPPED ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY. IT WENT INTO THE OVERRUN. THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTED THE HARD SURFACE; THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED ON IT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO TIRES AND ENGINES. NEITHER THE ITALIAN NOR THE U.S. SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT. (-23 AMENDMENT) AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED FOR A DAY, VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28L AT SIGNONELLA AB, ITALY. IT DESCENDED OUT OF THE CLOUDS AT 3000 FEET AGL. THE RUNWAY APPEARED AT 11 O'CLOCK AND LOW. WHILE CONFIGURING TO LAND, THE PIC ESTABLISHED A STEEP GLIDE PATH WHICH RESULTED IN A HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL APPROACH SPEED. THE AICRAFT LANDED LONG AND BOUNCED SLIGHTLY. IT COULD NOT BE STOPPED ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY. IT WENT INTO THE OVERRUN. THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTED THE HARD SURFACE; THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED ON IT. THERE WERE NO IN                                                                         JURIES. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO TIRES AND ENGINES. NEITHER THE ITALIAN NOR THE U.S. SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N485EV (2)

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

- [Incident 20110907019009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110907019009I), Sep 7, 2011: Boeing 747-212B (N485EV), Hhn, Minor damage. N485EV, Boeing 747, had inflight fire nr 3 engine 43 minutes after departing Hahn (Hhn), germany. Returned to Hahn, landed without incident.
- [Incident 20101216054109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101216054109I), Dec 16, 2010: Boeing 747-212B (N485EV), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. On December 16, 2010 in Louisville KY (sdf) a Boeing 747-212B N485EV operated as flight 1325 by evergreen intl airlines (eiaa) experienced a fire on nbr 3…

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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