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FAA incident report · Boeing B-747 · Los Angeles, CA · November 17, 2011

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Date
November 17, 2011 · 21:30 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
Los Angeles International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
SCOF
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
C7472
Reported as
Boeing B-747
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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What happened

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On November 17, 2011, at approximately 2130 PST, philippine airlines flight 103 executed a rejected takeoff from lax due to a flap configuration warning that illuminated as the aircraft accelerated. The aircraft was a B747-400 registration RP-C7472. It is not known at this time what the groundspeed was at rto, and a high energy stop was performed. After the aircraft was successfully stopped it exited the runway and while on the taxi way the flight crew was informed that there was what appeared to be smoke emanating from the main landing gear assemblies. The flight crew stopped the aircraft on the active taxi way and the Los Angeles airport fire department on scene used water to quench smoking brake and wheel assemblies and subsequently determined there was not an active fire and no passenger evacuation was required. Numerous main landing gear tires deflated as the thermal plugs on the wheel assemblies released tire pressure due to excessive heat buildup from the brakes. The maintenance contractors for philippine airlines responded and the aircraft was relocated to the west pad and later was moved into the American airlines north hangar complex at lax.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 17, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 2130 PST, PHILIPPINE AIRLINES FLIGHT 103 EXECUTED A REJECTED TAKEOFF FROM LAX DUE TO A FLAP CONFIGURATION WARNING THAT ILLUMINATED AS THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS A B747-400 REGISTRATION RP-C7472. IT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME WHAT THE GROUNDSPEED WAS AT RTO, AND A HIGH ENERGY STOP WAS PERFORMED. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUCCESSFULLY STOPPED IT EXITED THE RUNWAY AND WHILE ON THE TAXI WAY THE FLIGHT CREW WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMOKE EMANATING FROM THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES. THE FLIGHT CREW STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE ACTIVE TAXI WAY AND THE LOS ANGELES AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT ON SCENE USED WATER TO QUENCH SMOKING BRAKE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLIES AND SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED THERE WAS NOT AN ACTIVE FIRE AND NO PASSENGER EVACUATION WAS REQUIRED. NUMEROUS MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES DEFLATED AS THE THERMAL PLUGS ON THE WHEEL ASSEMBLIES RELEASED TIRE PRESSURE DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILDUP FROM THE BRAKES. THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS FOR PHILIPPINE AIRLINES RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELOCATED TO THE WEST PAD AND LATER WAS MOVED INTO THE AMERICAN AIRLINES NORTH HANGAR COMPLEX AT LAX.