# Incident 20030717016449I: Boeing 76734AF, Oakland, CA, July 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2003, 16:24 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N304UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N304UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-34AF (registry code 1385212, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-34af) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 76734AF
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 3,600 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030717016449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LEFT A/C PACK SERVICE PANEL (4'X12') DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IN FLIGHT. FLIGHT CREW SAID THEY FELT A BANG AT FL270 DURING CLIMB APPROX OVER GTH VOR (LUBBOCK, TX). ALL COCKPIT INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL, NO EICAS MESSAGES, NO CONTROL PROBLEMS. PILOT CONFERRED WITH UPS MAINTENANCE & DISPATCH, THEY WERE NOT SURE BUT THOUGHT MAYBE THE NOSE GEAR DOOR HAD DROOPED CAUSING THE BANG AND HIGHER WIND NOISE, IT WAS DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO OAK. THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED EARLY WHILE STILL OVER SPARSELY POPULATED AREA. THE LANDING WAS NORMAL. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE REVEALED LH A/C SERVICE DOOR HAD BROKEN FREE AND HAD DAMAGED THE RH A/C SERVICE DOOR AND THE LOWER LEFT FLAP. FAA PMI RICHARD M. BROWN (510) 273-7155 EXT 264 FROM OAK FSDO MADE THE ON SCENE INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N304UP (1)

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

- [Incident 20170629015229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170629015229I), Jun 29, 2017: Boeing 767-34AF (N304UP), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Ups flight 421, tail number N304UP, a Boeing 767, landed on runway 17R at approximately 0503 z, 0103 EDT, and taxied to the ramp without incident. It was later…

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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