# Accident 20061224027299A: Boeing 747228F, Anchorage, AK, December 24, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2006, 00:36 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: Q2SA
- Location: 61.1744° N, 149.9964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1744&lon=-149.9964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N752SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N752SA-2014-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-228F (registry code 1384895, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-228f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-50 series (registry code 30018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-50-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747228F
- Reported engine: GE CF650*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061224027299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) IMMEDIATELY AFTER SOUTHERN AIR FLIGHT SO0966 DEPARTED ANCHORAGE, ALASKA THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM, DUMPED FUEL, AND RETURNED TO ANCHORAGE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT THE COUNTER WEIGHT ON THE DE-ICE TRUCK BOOM PUNCHED A HOLE IN THE FUSELAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE VICINITY OF THE LOWER CARGO DOOR. THE NTSB UPGRADED THIS TO AN ACCIDENT ON 12-27-2006. AMENDMENT TO FOLLOW AS NEW INFORMATION IS COLLECTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC07LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA008), Dec 24, 2006: Boeing 747-228F (N752SA), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the deicing truck crew to maintain sufficient distance from the parked airplane during deicing, which resulted in a collision and substantial damage to the airplane.

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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