# Incident 20250206000849I: Boeing B767, Covington, KY, February 6, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2025, 07:53 local time
- Place: Covington, KY
- Airport: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: W29F
- Location: 39.0488° N, 84.6678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTL (CVG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0488&lon=-84.6678&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B767
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250206000849I

## Narrative

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

PANEL DETACHED IN FLIGHT. DURING CLIMB, SOUTHWEST OF HAMILTON APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 8000-10000' ASL, A VIBRATION AND "GRINDING" TYPE OF NOISE WAS HEARD AND FELT TO BE SOURCED FROM SOMEWHERE LOW AND AFT OF THE CABIN. CA AND FO DISCUSSED BOTH HAVING HEARD

AND FELT THE SAME AND CONFIRMED THAT ALL VITAL SIGNS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE NORMAL (NO MESSAGES, OR ANY INDICATIONS OF ANY TYPE OF SYSTEM MALFUNCTION OR PRESSURIZATION ISSUES). IT WAS CONSIDERED THAT PERHAPS A LOAD SHIFT HAD OCCURRED, YET THE AIRCRAFT DIDN'T MAKE

ANY PITCH CHANGES. ONCE STABILIZED AT TOP OF CLIMB, CA TRANSFERRED CONTROL AND WENT TO INSPECT THE MAIN DECK CARGO AREA AS THE LOAD ARRANGEMENT ENABLED BEING ABLE TO VIEW THE CONDITION BACK THERE. EVERYTHING THAT WAS ABLE TO BE VIEWED WAS NORMAL, WITH LOCKS UP. A BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH THE OBSERVER CREW MEMBER, CONFIRMED THAT HAD FELT AND HEARD IT AS WELL. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED NORMALLY WITH ALL SYSTEMS NORMAL. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GATE IN CVG, MAINTENANCE CAME TO ASK HOW THE AIRPLANE WAS. IT WAS REPORTED BY CAPTAIN TO BE IN GOOD ORDER, EXCEPT THAT THIS NOISE AND VIBRATION WAS FELT. IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT THE MAINTENANCE PERSON SHOWED PHOTOS OF THE BELLY AREA OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IT WAS EVIDENT THAT A PANEL OR PANELS LOCATED NEAR THE RIGHT AC PACKS HAD DETACHED IN FLIGHT AND LATCHES IN THE SAME AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE HAD COME LOOSE. DEFECT #A105596 WAS RECORDED, AND DISPATCH WAS NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL OF THE INCIDENT, GIVING APPROXIMATE LOCATION AND ALTITUDE, AS CONCERNS OF FALLING DEBRIS AND POSSIBLE GROUND DAMAGE WERE NOW EVIDENT.

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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