20040527011719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug MD-11F · Los Angeles, CA · May 27, 2004

Date: May 27, 2004 · 03:10 local
Place: Los Angeles, CA
Airport: Los Angeles International
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: WRLA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N275WA
Reported as: Doug MD11F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,525 total2,439 in this make and model130 in the last 90 days

N275WARegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2014 · Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11FS/N 48631 · Built 1995 Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas MD-11F Engine modelPratt & Whitney PW4000 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

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(-23) Wrla was providing wet lease service to china airlines. China airlines hired the ground handling contractor. The contract ground handling crew failed to follow operator's procedures for offloading the aircraft. The MD-11-11F is not normally equipped with a provision to mount a tail stand, and this specific aircraft was not so equipped. The front belly pit and much of the front main deck was offloaded while the aft cargo sections were full. The aircraft tipped off the nose gear and onto its tail.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WRLA WAS PROVIDING WET LEASE SERVICE TO CHINA AIRLINES. CHINA AIRLINES HIRED THE GROUND HANDLING CONTRACTOR. THE CONTRACT GROUND HANDLING CREW FAILED TO FOLLOW OPERATOR'S PROCEDURES FOR OFFLOADING THE AIRCRAFT. THE MD-11-11F IS NOT NORMALLY EQUIPPED WITH A PROVISION TO MOUNT A TAIL STAND, AND THIS SPECIFIC AIRCRAFT WAS NOT SO EQUIPPED. THE FRONT BELLY PIT AND MUCH OF THE FRONT MAIN DECK WAS OFFLOADED WHILE THE AFT CARGO SECTIONS WERE FULL. THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED OFF THE NOSE GEAR AND ONTO ITS TAIL.

Other reports on N275WA · 1

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

Accident 20041008029519ATakeoff Ground Roll · Anchorage, AK(-23) On October 08, 2004 world airways attempted to perform a 2 engine ferry flight with the center gear retracted. When the captain released the brakes at the start of the takeoff run, the aircraft went on its tail and sustained major damage to the belly…Oct 8, 2004 · Substantial damage