# Incident 20200804013379I: Boeing 747-47UF, Shanghai, August 4, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2020, 02:05 local time
- Place: Shanghai
- Airport: Shanghai Pudong
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UIEA
- Aircraft: N408MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N408MC) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,368 total, 2,368 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200804013379I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 4, 2020, N408GT, OPERATING AS GTI8939, FROM INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA (ICN) TO SHANGHAI, CHINA (PVG) SUFFERED POD STRIKES TO THE #1 ,#2, AND #4 ENGINES ON LANDING. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY A FLIGHT CREW OF THREE (3), THE CAPTAIN (CA) ACTING AS PILOT MONITORING (PM) AND TWO (2) FIRST OFFICERS (FO), ONE (1) ACTING AS THE PILOT FLYING (PF), AND ONE (1) FOR RELIEF.

GTI8939 LANDED IN PVG AT 18:05Z, THE LANDING WAS PERFORMED BY THE PF FO. THE REPORTED WEATHER AT 18:00Z WAS WIND FROM 190 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS GUSTING TO 39 KNOTS, BROKEN CLOUDS AT 1,500 FEET WITH LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS.

FLIGHT  DATA INDICATES THE FLIGHT FLEW A STABLE APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 17L. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, MULTIPLE ABRUPT FLIGHT CONTROL INPUTS WERE MADE IN THE ROLL AND YAW AXIS, LIKELY RESULTING IN THE ENGINE STRIKES AND SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE. WITH THE REPORTED WINDS, GTI8939 WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED A MAXIMUM 13 KNOT CROSSWIND COMPONENT.

THE DAMAGE RESULTED IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE #1 ENGINE ENTIRELY. THE #2 AND #3 ENGINE INLET COWLS, FAN COWLS, OIL DRAIN MASTS, AND T/R COWLS WERE REPLACED. THE #2 AND #3 ENGINES WERE NOT REPLACED.

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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