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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Boeing B-747 · Anchorage, AK · May 1, 2013

Date
May 1, 2013 · 14:30 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Ted Stevens Anchorage Internat
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
ZZLF
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Boeing B-747
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

A/c take off from panc, after rotation, gear selected up, cockpit alerted to nose gear door message, then hyd qty low message. A/c dumped fuel and returned to panc without incident. No emergency declared. Aircraft had to be towed off runway. Runway closed for aircraft to be towed to maintenance parking.

Company maintenance personnel along with maintenance contractor inspected aircraft and found nose gear door actuator body had fractured.

Parts were acquired, and installed i/a/w amm 32-34-14.

A/c has returned to service with no further difficulties reported.

As the FAA filed it

A/C TAKE OFF FROM PANC, AFTER ROTATION, GEAR SELECTED UP, COCKPIT ALERTED TO NOSE GEAR DOOR MESSAGE, THEN HYD QTY LOW MESSAGE. A/C DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED TO PANC WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. AIRCRAFT HAD TO BE TOWED OFF RUNWAY. RUNWAY CLOSED FOR AIRCRAFT TO BE TOWED TO MAINTENANCE PARKING.

COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ALONG WITH MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NOSE GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR BODY HAD FRACTURED.

PARTS WERE ACQUIRED, AND INSTALLED I/A/W AMM 32-34-14.

A/C HAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER DIFFICULTIES REPORTED.