# Incident 20081231853419I: Boeing 767323, Boston, MA, December 31, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2008, 09:10 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N383AN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767323
- People aboard: 147
- 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/20081231853419I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 31, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 0910 (EDT), A BOEING B767-323, N4383AN BEING OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES SUSTAINED A MINOR DAMAGE. AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER 156 OPERATING OUT OF BOSTON REPORTED LOUD THUMP DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE. UPON INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT ONE (1) CARGO PALLET WITH 8800 LBS IN THE FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT WAS NOT SECURE TO THE FLOOR. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PALLET SHIFTED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT AFT BULKHEAD AND THE AIRCONDITIONING COMPONENTS LOCATED BEHIND THE AFT BULKHEAD.

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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