- Date
- May 4, 2010, 14:21 local (14:21 UTC)
- Place
- Seoul, South Korea
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N749SABoeing 747-300 Series
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 75949
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
On May 4, 2010, a Boeing 747-300, N749SA, operated by Southern Air Transport, blew 4 tires during a rejected takeoff at Incheon Airport, Seoul, South Korea. There were no injuries, and the airplane had minor damage. The incident is being investigated by the Korean Aviation & Railway Accident Investigation Board.
Factual narrative
On May 4, 2010, a Boeing 747-300, N749SA, operated by Southern Air Transport, blew 4 tires during a rejected takeoff at Incheon Airport, Seoul, South Korea. There were no injuries, and the airplane had minor damage. The incident is being investigated by the Korean Aviation & Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB). The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative to the ARAIB's investigation in accordance with the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13 as the state of manufacture of the airplane. All inquiries should be directed to: Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs 281, Gonghang-Dong Gangseo-gu, Seoul, 157-815 Republic of Korea Website: http://www.araib.go.kr
Aircraft
- Registration
- N749SA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747-300 Series
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24194
- Engines
- turbo jetturbo jetturbo jetturbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Southern Air Inc
- Registered owner
- Southern Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ICN · Seoul
- Destination
- KANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ICN · Incheon, runway 16
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Observed at
- ICN