# Incident 20180621023719I: Chicago, IL, June 21, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2018, 10:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: SAJF
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: B18711 (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 288 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180621023719I

## Narrative

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

AN AIR CHINA LTD AIRCRAFT, A BOEING 747-400, REGISTRATION B-18711, FLIGHT CAL-5148, INBOUND TO KORD FROM KANC WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 10L, EXECUTED A GO AROUND.  DURING THE GO-AROUND THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE AND DAMAGED AIRPORT RUNWAY LIGHTS, SIGNAGE AND WIND SOCK.

NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.  THE AIRCRAFT EXECUTED THE GO-AROUND AND RETURNED TO KORD, SAFELY LANDING ON RUNWAY 9R AND TAXIED TO NORTH CARGO PARKING RAMP. THE ONLY DAMAGE OBSERVED WERE TREAD SEPARATION ON THE LEFT MAIN AND AN ACCUMULATION OF GRASS AND MUD ON THE GEAR. DATA FROM THE CVR AND FDR HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY THE NTSB THROUGH AVP-100. INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE PROXIMITY CAL-5148 CAME TO OTHER AIRCRAFT WAITING FOR DEPARTURE HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.

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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