# Incident 20080522835049I: Doug MD11F, Miami, FL, May 22, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2008
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: AAPF
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: EIUPO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD11F
- Reported engine: GE CF680
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080522835049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 27.  ONCE PARKED, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL NOTICED A FIVE FOOT HOLE IN THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE NUMBER THREE ENGINE THRUST REVERSER TRANSCLATING COWL.  A LOWER INBOARD THRUST REVERSER TRANSLATING COWL ACTUATOR ROD-END HAD BROKEN.  THE BROKEN ACTUATOR BEGAN BANGING AROUND WHEN THE THRUST REVERSER WAS DEPLOYED ON LANDING AND HIT THE TRANSLATING COWL CAUSING A HOLE.  THIS HOLE, WHEN COMBINED WITH THE WING GENERATED BY THE THRUST REVERSER DEPLOYMENT, CAUSED THE COMPOSITE TRANSLATING COWL TO BREAK AWAY AND FINALLY END UP WITH A FIVE FOOT HOLE IN THE TRANSLATING COWL.

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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