# Accident 20100517035569A: Boeing 747-47UF, Miami, FL, May 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2010, 22:51 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UIEA
- Location: 25.7953° N, 80.2900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7953&lon=-80.2900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N498MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N498MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-47UF (registry code 1384812, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-47uf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-47UF
- Reported engine: GE CF6-80 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA10CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10CA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100517035569A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 17, 2010, AIRCRAFT N498MC SERIAL NUMBER 29259, A BOEING 747-47UF, ARRIVED AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MIA) OPERATING FLIGHT GTI8865 FROM VIRACOPOS, BRAZIL. UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, GROUND PERSONAL FOUND 50% OF THE RIGHT HAND (R/H) INBOARD (I/B) FORWARD FLAP SECTION MISSING AND DAMAGE TO THE R/H FUSELAGE. STRUCUAL DAMAGES AS FOLLOWS:•HALF OF THE R/H I/B FORWARD FLAP SEPARATED. SEPARATED SECTION WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES WEST OF MIA AIRPORT IN AN UNPOPULATED AREA.•DAMAGE TO THE R/H I/B FORE FLAP CARRIAGE ASSEMBLY.•SCORING TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE R/H I/B FLAP TRACK.•MULTIPLE DAMAGE TO THE I/B MID-FLAP.•TWO FRAMES DAMAGED IN SECTION 46, FUSELAGE BASE STATION (BS) 1630-1660.  •STRINGER (STRS) DAMAGE IN SECTION 46, S19-S29 BETWEEN FUSELAGE STATIONS 1630-1660.  •SKIN DAMAGE FROM BS 1630-1660, STRS 19-22 AND 23-29 TO INCLUDE TWO PUNCTURE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA10CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10CA061), May 17, 2010: Boeing 747 (N498MC), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: impact of the fore flap with the aft fuselage after fatigue failure of the right wing fore flap carriage assembly attachment fitting at position 6.

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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