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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747-438 · San Francisco, CA · August 31, 2010

Date
August 31, 2010 · 00:01 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
San Francisco International.
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
QLMF
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Boeing 747-438
Reported engine
Rolls Royce 211
People aboard
230
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft registration number is vh-ojp. Aircraft is a foreign registered. Per AVP-100 representative it appears the incident occured approximately 130 miles off shore, therefore responsibility for investigation belongs to australian transportation safety board (atsb). Atsb instructed qantas personnel to leave aircraft in incident condition until they arrived on-site. Atsb was scheduled to arrive sfo 09/01/2010 at 2145. Aircraft was moved from terminal area to American airlines hangar on 09/01/2010. FAA was allowed to look at aircraft and take pictures on 09/01/2010. Qantas personnel stated the intention is to remove the engine, truck it to lax, then ship it to qantas via air.09/02/2010 @ 1400PER oakland center - when the crew declared an emergency it was 0648Z, they were at FL245 and 103 miles offshore. Also, spoke with qantas poc for the engine in question. Per qantas poc the engine will be shipped to hong kong aero engine services limited (haesl) which is a rolls royce facility in hong kong that qantas contracts their RB211 maintenance too.09/15/2010CANNOT enter iic on scene time into blocks below, so it will be entered here for now. Iic was on scene on 09/01/2010 at approximately 1500. Iic took pictures of the aircraft on 09/01/2010, the aircraft was in the American airlines (superbay) hangar. The pictures are too large to attach to this report. They are located on the sfo-ifo website.01/16/2010RECEIVED a briefing from qantas quality assurance which stated the cause of the engine failure was the failure of a 2nd stage low pressure turbine blade.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER IS VH-OJP.AIRCRAFT IS A FOREIGN REGISTERED. PER AVP-100 REPRESENTATIVE IT APPEARS THE INCIDENT OCCURED APPROXIMATELY 130 MILES OFF SHORE, THEREFORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INVESTIGATION BELONGS TO AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD (ATSB). ATSB INSTRUCTED QANTAS PERSONNEL TO LEAVE AIRCRAFT IN INCIDENT CONDITION UNTIL THEY ARRIVED ON-SITE. ATSB WAS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE SFO 09/01/2010 AT 2145. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED FROM TERMINAL AREA TO AMERICAN AIRLINES HANGAR ON 09/01/2010. FAA WAS ALLOWED TO LOOK AT AIRCRAFT AND TAKE PICTURES ON 09/01/2010. QANTAS PERSONNEL STATED THE INTENTION IS TO REMOVE THE ENGINE, TRUCK IT TO LAX, THEN SHIP IT TO QANTAS VIA AIR.09/02/2010 @ 1400PER OAKLAND CENTER - WHEN THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY IT WAS 0648Z, THEY WERE AT FL245 AND 103 MILES OFFSHORE.ALSO, SPOKE WITH QANTAS POC FOR THE ENGINE IN QUESTION. PER QANTAS POC THE ENGINE WILL BE SHIPPED TO HONG KONG AERO ENGINE SERVICES LIMITED (HAESL) WHICH IS A ROLLS ROYCE FACILITY IN HONG KONG THAT QANTAS CONTRACTS THEIR RB211 MAINTENANCE TOO.09/15/2010CANNOT ENTER IIC ON SCENE TIME INTO BLOCKS BELOW, SO IT WILL BE ENTERED HERE FOR NOW. IIC WAS ON SCENE ON 09/01/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500. IIC TOOK PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT ON 09/01/2010, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE AMERICAN AIRLINES (SUPERBAY) HANGAR. THE PICTURES ARE TOO LARGE TO ATTACH TO THIS REPORT. THEY ARE LOCATED ON THE SFO-IFO WEBSITE.01/16/2010RECEIVED A BRIEFING FROM QANTAS QUALITY ASSURANCE WHICH STATED THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS THE FAILURE OF A 2ND STAGE LOW PRESSURE TURBINE BLADE.