# Incident 20180830018959I: Boeing 747-47UF, Hong Kong, August 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2018, 11:54 local time
- Place: Hong Kong
- Airport: Hong Kong International Airpor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UIEA
- Aircraft: N415MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N415MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-47UF (registry code 1384812, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-47uf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-47UF
- Reported engine: GE CF6-80 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,366 in this make and model, 207 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA18WA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA287) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180830018959I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 30, 2018 AN ATLAS AIR BOEING 747-47UF (FREIGHTER AIRCRAFT), REGISTRATION NUMBER N415MC, OPERATING AS ATLAS AIR FLIGHT GTI 8060 DEPARTED AL MAKTOUM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DWC) JEBEL ALI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) AND PROCEEDED TO ITS SCHEDULED DESTINATION, HKG. FIVE PERSONS WERE ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT: FOUR PILOT CREWMEMBERS AND ONE MECHANIC/LOADMASTER. REPORTED WIND CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF ARRIVAL IN HKG WERE WINDS FROM 190 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 26 KNOTS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON HKG RUNWAY 25, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. AN AGGRESSIVE RIGHT RUDDER INPUT WAS MADE IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE LEFTWARD DRIFT. THE AGGRESSIVE RIGHT RUDDER INPUT CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO RISE WHICH RESULTED IN ENGINES NUMBER THREE AND FOUR (THE RIGHT WING ENGINES) CONTACTING THE RUNWAY AND DAMAGING BOTH ENGINE PODS. DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED TO MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED

REVIEWED 12/13/18. JXB.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA18WA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA287), Aug 30, 2018: Boeing 747 (N415MC), Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China, incident, minor damage

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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