# Incident 20041209034419I: Boeing 7272M7, Atlanta, GA, December 9, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2004, 06:00 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DHLA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750DH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7272M7
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,325 total, 689 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041209034419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DECEMBER 9, 2004 DHL FLIGHT 495 DEPARTED FROM CINCINNATI, OHIO ENROUTE TO ATLANTA HARTSFIELD AIRPORT. WHEN THE AIRPLANE LANDED AT THE ATLANTA HARTSFIELD JACKSON AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 AM THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ATLANTA AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 8L JUST PAST TAXIWAY B1. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY FOR 2000 FT. THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED OVER THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED FOR 2000 FT. IT CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE JUST PAST THE DIXIE EXIT. THE BEGINNING OF THE INITIAL SKID MARK, FROM THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, WAS 226 FT EAST OF THE FIRST SET OF DOUBLE WHITE LINES, WHICH ARE APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT FROM THE THRESHOLD. THE BEGINNING OF THIS SKID MARK WAS 25 FT TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE. THE END OF THAT SKID MARK WAS 50 FT TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE. THIS SKID MARK WAS 431 FT LONG. THE DEBRIS FIELD BEGAN AT THAT POINT AND CONTINUED ALONG THE SAME TRACK OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS INITIALLY TO THE NORTH SIDE OF RWY 8L. THE DEBRIS FIELD CONSISTED OF PIECES FROM THE RIGHT OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP, RIGHT WING TIP, AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTEND STRUT WAS BROKEN AND A PIECE OF IT WAS FOUND 540 FT FROM THE INITIAL TOUCH DOWN POINT IN THE DEBRIS FIELD.

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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