# Incident 20080614849619I: Boeing 747451, Manila, RP, June 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2008, 08:01 local time
- Place: Manila, RP
- Airport: Manila International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Aircraft: N669US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N669US-2018-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-451 (registry code 1384940, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747451
- People aboard: 357
- 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/20080614849619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) B-747-400, N639US, NWA FLIGHT #2, AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MANILA, PHILIPPINES, THE NUMBER FOUR ENGINE REVERSER CORE COWL LIBERATED.  THE LEFT CORE COWL COMPLETELY, THE RIGHT CORE COWL REMAINED ATTACHED AT ITS UPPERMOST POINT CAUSING AN AIR STREAM DEFLECTION AND A RESULTANT YAW AND VIBRATION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  CREW RETURNED IMMEDIATELY TO MANILA AND LANDED.  THE #4 ENGINE HAS BEEN REMOVED AND BOTH IT AND THE PYLON APPEAR UNDAMAGED.  ONLY THE INBOARD SIDE REVERSER CORE COWL AND THE ENGINE EXHAUST SLEEVE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, BUT IN DOING SO CREATED DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE FLAP AND #8 FLAP TRACK CANOE.  THEY HAVE NOT RECOVERED PARTS YET.  IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME THAT THE REVERSER V-BAND WAS NOT SECURED, NOR WAS THE TORQUE BOX LATCH AND THE THRUST LATCH.  EIR#^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS BEEN OPENED.

## Other reports on N669US (1)

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

- [Accident 19960707028899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960707028899A), Jul 7, 1996: Boeing 747451 (N669US), Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. Narrative: aircraft enroute from dtw to rjaa experienced severe hail climbing out of 18,000 ft. returned to dtw with substantial aircraft damage. Landed…

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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