# Incident 20100831054889I: Boeing 747-438, San Francisco, CA, August 31, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2010, 00:01 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International.
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: QLMF
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-438
- Reported engine: ROLLS ROYCE 211
- People aboard: 230
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20100831054889I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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