# Incident 20110930023909I: Boeing 747-400, Anchorage, AK, September 30, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2011, 21:45 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: SAJF
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-400
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 9,539 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110930023909I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 2145L, THE CREW OF CHINA CARGO FLIGHT 5322 WAS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO TAXI (FOR DEPARTURE)  FROM PARKING SPOT R-14 TO RUNWAY 14, VIA TAXIWAYS E-M-R-K.  DURING TAXI OUT, THE CREW MISTAKENLY TURNED RIGHT ONTO PARKING SPOT R12 INSTEAD OF TAXIWAY "M," WHICH WAS THE NEXT AVAILABLE RIGHT TURN.  MIDWAY THROUGH R-12 PARKING SPOT AND WITHOUT THE CREW'S KNOWLEDGE, THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING STRUCK AND KNOCKED OVER A STATIONARY AIR-STAIR, CAUSING DAMAGE THE TWO OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE FLAPS.  A PEGASUS CONTRACT MECHANIC WITNESSED THE EVENT AND REPORTED IT.  ANC TOWER THEN NOTIFIED THE CREW OF WHAT HAPPENED AND DIRECTED THEM TO RETURN TO PARKING.  A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LEADING EDGE FLAPS ONLY AND NO DAMAGE TO THE PRIMAY WING STRUCTURE OCCURRED.  PARTS WERE ORDERED AND AN AOG REPAIR TEAM WAS DISPATCHED.WITHIN ONE HOUR OF THE INCIDENT, THE CREW SUBMITTED TO AND PASSED A BREATH ALCOHOL TEST (BAT), AS REQUIRED BY COMPANY POLICY.   AT APPROXIMATELY 2315L, I INTERVIEWED THE PIC BY PHONE.  HE STATED THAT HE SAW THE AIR-STAIR DURING THE TURN AND ASKED THE FO TO VERIFY THEY WERE CLEAR.  THE FO STATED THAT THEY WERE CLEAR.  THE PIC THEN STATED THAT THEY TAXIED COMPLETELY THROUGH R-12 BEFORE THEY REALIZED THEY HAD TO MAKE A JOG TO THE LEFT TO GET ON TAXIWAY "M."  FURTHER, THE PIC STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN FLYING FOR THE COMPANY FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS AND HAD BEEN OPERATING INTO AND OUT OF ANC DURING THAT ENTIRE PERIOD.  ADDITIONALLY, THE PIC STATED THAT HE HAD 33 YEARS OF FLYING XPERIENCE.  NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE WAS EMBARASSED AND ANGRY, NOT ONLY  WITH HIMSELF BUT THE FIRST OFFICER.DURING THE COURSE OF MY INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE EYE-WITNESS TO THIS EVENT AS WELL AS ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL HAVE SEEN AT LEAST TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT MAKE THIS SAME MISTAKE.  APPARENTLY, THESE WENT UNREPORTED BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT DAMAGED.  AT THIS POINT, I CONTACTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT THE FAA AIRPORTS DIVISION AND INFORMED HIM THAT THERE MAY BE A POSSIBLITY THAT TAXIWAY MARKING OR LIGHTING ISSUES ON THAT PART OF THE RAMP CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT.  HE AGREED AND ADVISED ME THAT THEY WERE ALSO INVSTIGATING THE MATTER AND WOULD KEEP ME ADVSED AS TO THEIR FINDINGS.  10/02/11 - THE AOG TEAM SUCESSFULLY R&R'D THE FLAP ASSEMBLIES.  AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR DISPATCH. 10/21/11 - CONTACTED CHINA AIRLINES AND ASKED IF THEY COULD PROVIDE ONE OF THEIR AIRCRAFT IN ORDER TO REPLICATE THE NIGHTTIME CONDITIONS AND COCKPIT PERSPECTIVE.  THEY POLITELY DECLINED.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS INCIDENT AND THIS OFFICE, THE MATTER IS CLOSED.  IN THE EVENT THAT THE AIRPORTS DIVISION DOES ACTUALLY FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE TAXIWAY MARKING OR LIGHTING, THIS PTRS WILL BE REOPENED AND COMMENTS ADDED.  IN THE INTERIM, I HAVE ASKED THE ANC TOWER TO MONITOR THIS PORTION OF THE RAMP, ESPECIALLY DURING NIGHT TIME OPERATIONS.  POI (LAX IFO) HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT.

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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