# Incident 20090511006859I: Boeing 747446, Los Angeles, CA, May 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2009, 13:32 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: JACF
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: JA892 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747446
- People aboard: 169
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,833 total, 2,869 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090511006859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER PUSH BACK AND DISCONNECT FROM TOW TRACTOR AIRCRAFT BEGAN TAXI FROM SPOT ON TAXIWAY "C" TO TURN RIGHT ON TAXIWAY "Q".  GROUND SUPPORT TUG TOWING 4 DOLLIES CAME TO A STOP IN THE INTERSECTING SERVICE ROAD CROSSING TAXIWAY "C" TO AWAIT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC ON THE EAST/WEST SERVICE ROAD.  UNKNOWN TO DRIVER HE ALLOWED THE LAST DOLLY CONTAINING A BAGGAGE CONTAINER UNIT LOAD DEVICE (ULD) TO OBSTRUCT THE ACTIVE TAXIWAY.  AS JAL FLIGHT N#61 BEGAN TO TAXI #1 ENGINE STRUCK THE ULD AND SUCKED IT INTO THE INTAKE DUCT OF THE ENGINE.  WHILE THE CONTAINER DID NOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE ROTATING FAN, DEBRIS FROM INSIDE THE CONTAINER DID PASS THROUGH THE FAN CAUSING MINOR FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BLADES ON THE FAN.  A THOROUGH BORESCOPE EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE CORE SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NO DEBRIS OR FOD WITHIN THE ENGINE GAS GENERATOR.  JAL REPLACED THE INLET DUCT AND INSTALLED A COMPLETE SET OF NEW FAN BLADES ON THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE.

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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