# Incident 20111117027099I: Boeing B-747, Los Angeles, CA, November 17, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2011, 21:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: SCOF
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: C7472 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-747
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111117027099I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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