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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747-230B · Kuwait · August 10, 2011

Date
August 10, 2011 · 22:16 local
Place
Kuwait
Airport
Kuwait International
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EIAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N488EV
Reported as
Boeing 747-230B
Reported engine
GE CF6-50 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
16,670 total3,399 in this make and model272 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.

N488EV, Boeing 747, experienced turbulance. The aircraft went to a 60 degree roll right, then a 40 degree roll left. Upon landing found the right wing leading edge bent between pylons 3 & 4.

As the FAA filed it

N488EV, BOEING 747, EXPERIENCED TURBULANCE. THE AIRCRAFT WENT TO A 60 DEGREE ROLL RIGHT, THEN A 40 DEGREE ROLL LEFT. UPON LANDING FOUND THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE BENT BETWEEN PYLONS 3 & 4.