# Incident 20100506033679I: Boeing 747-451, Narita Japan, May 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2010, 14:00 local time
- Place: Narita Japan
- Airport: Narita International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Aircraft: N667US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N667US-2018-08-22) (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 747-451
- People aboard: 416
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 21,855 total, 3,069 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100506033679I

## Narrative

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

AN OUTBOARD ENGINE OF A DELTA AIR LINES B-747-4 MADE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY 16L AT NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (RJAA); MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE ENGINE COWL.  ON A VISUAL APPROACH APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES IN TRAIL OF A HEAVY BOEING 777 AND CARRYING A 3 KNOT ADDITIVE FOR FLUCTUATING AIRSPEED INDICATIONS, THE B-747-4 TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FOR A RIGHT CROSSWIND (230/14K VARIABLE 200 TO 270, GUSTING 16-27K).  THE CREW HAD SELECTED FLAPS 30 AND AUTOBRAKES 2.  BEFORE NOSE GEAR TOUCHDOWN, THE LEFT WING ROSE ABRUPTLY; THE PILOT FLYING (PF), THE CAPTAIN AND LINE CHECK AIRMEN, COUNTERED WITH AGGRESSIVE LEFT AILERON/SPOILER.  THE CREW REPORTED A NORMAL GROUND ROLL AND TAXI TO THE GATE; THEY WERE NOT AWARE DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED.  POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED A 51 BY 16 INCH SCRAP TO THE NR 4 LOWER COWL; SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES FOUND NO INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.  THE COWL WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.  THE PF ACCOMPLISHED 4 LANDINGS IN THE LAST 6 DAYS; THIS FREQUENCY IS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR B-747-4 OPERATIONS AT DELTA AIR LINES.  THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER WAS REMOVED AND THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE JTSN (JAPANESE VERSION OF THE NTSB) AND JCAB (JAPANESE VERSION OF THE FAA).  NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO RUNWAY 16L.

## Other reports on N667US (1)

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

- [Accident 20130413007439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130413007439A), Apr 13, 2013: Boeing 747-451 (N667US), Honolulu, HI, No damage. On decent, the aircraft encountered turbulence a few minutes after the aircraft entered a cloud layer. The flight attendants were in the galley and aisles…

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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