- Date
- May 29, 1987
- Place
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N813FTBoeing 747-245F
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31795
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hazardous materials leak/spill
Tie down - improperCause
Analysis
Flight experienced leakage of a five gallon container of glutaraldehyde listed by the shipper as a class 8 corrosive on the aircrafts upper deck enroute miami, Florida to Caracas, venezuela. The chemical was later found not to be corrosive and the aircraft was cleaned and returned to service.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N813FT
- Reported as
- Boeing 747-245F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21764
- Airframe hours
- 28,466
- Engine
- P&W JT-9D, 40,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Venezuelan Int'L Airways
- Registered owner
- The Flying Tiger Line Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Destination
- VMI · Caracas, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark