# Incident 20030613019179I: Boeing 747200F, Chicago, IL, June 13, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2003, 11:16 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: CAAF
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: B2462 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747200F
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D7R4G2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030613019179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON JUNE 13, 2003, THE O'HARE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE GEOGRAPHIC SUPERVISOR, MR. GERARDO MARTINEZ, RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM A MR. LOU ZIEGLER. MR. ZIEGLER IS THE PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS INSPECTOR (POI) FOR AIR CHINA AIRLINES. HE HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT AN AIR CHINA B-747-200F CARGO AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED AT O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ORD) AND HIT NUMBER 1 ENGINE ON THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING. HIS REQUEST WAS TO FIND OUT WHAT IF ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED TO THE AIR CHINA AIRCRAFT. THE AIR CHINA AIRCRAFT A B-747-200F, REGISTRATION NUMBER B2462, WAS LOCATED IN THE DELTA AIRLINES HANGAR AT ORD. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ORD ON RUNWAY 14L FROM NEW YORK'S (JFK) AIRPORT ON JUNE 13, 2003 AT 03:15 (LOCAL TIME). AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT ORD, THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE SCRAPED THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND THRUST REVERSER BLOCKER DOORS. PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE WERE TAKEN AND ARE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE REPORTING INSPECTOR. MR. JUE WANG WHO IS THE CHICAGO STATION MANAGER FOR AIR CHINA WAS INTERVIEWED. MR. WANG PROVIDED THE NAMES OF THE FLIGHT CREW: CAPTAIN YOU LI TIAN, FIRST OFFICER HAN UX, SEC                  OND OFFICER SHENG HAN CUI AND FLIGHT ENGINEER HUA DE QIN. MR. WANG PROVIDED THE PILOT'S CERTIFICATES AND CURRENT MEDICAL INFORMATION BY FAX. HE ALSO REPORTED NO INJURIES HAD OCCURRED AND THAT THE FLIGHT CREW HAD BEEN ORDERED BACK TO THE COMPANY HEADQUARTERS. MR. WANG ALSO SAID THAT A BOEING AIRCRAFT ON GROUND (AOG) TEAM HAD BEEN DISPATCHED ALONG WITH A NEW ENGINE SO THE DAMAGED ENGINE COULD BE REPLACED. AFTER THE BOEING AOG TEAM ARRIVED THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE CONDUCTING A PYLON INSPECTION, A HARD LANDING INSPECTION AND WOULD REPLACE THE #1 ENGINE. THE NEW ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER P715241 HAD ARRIVED AND THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER P725335 TOOK PLACE. THE BOEING TEAM REPORTED NO UNUSUAL FINDINGS IN THE PYLON OR THE LANDING GEAR AND PLANNED FOR A LEAK AND OPS CHECK OF THE ENGINE TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 17, 2003. A FOLLOW UP CHECK WAS CONDUCTED ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 18, 2003 AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED ORD AT 01:50 ON JUNE 18, 2003 ACCORDING TO THE AIR CHINA MAINTENANCE REPRESENTATIVE, MR. ZHANG XUEFEI. A FOLLOW UP PHONE CALL WAS MADE TO THE BOEING TEAM LEADER ON JUNE 19, 2003 WHO CONFIRMED NO UNUSUAL FINDINGS DURING THE ENTIRE INSPECTION AND ENGINE CHANGE. THIS COMPLETE REPORT HAS BEEN TURNED OVER THE O'HARE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE, OPERATIONS SECTION FOR POSSIBLE FURTHER ACTION.

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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