SDR GAIA9767A

Service difficulty report · Pallets · Doug DC915F

Difficulty date
November 21, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N564PC
Make and model
Doug DC915F
Aircraft serial
47062
Part
Pallets
Condition
Loose
Location
Bs 786
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
C, D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

KHA - FLT 564 - SYR-YIP - ON TAKEOFF ROLL THE FLIGHT CREW HEAR A LOUD NOISE IN THE MAIN CARGO COMPARTMENT, THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE CARGO RAMP. THE CREW DISCOVERED THAT EMPTY PALLETS HAD SHIFTED. THE PALLETS WERE SECURED AND A VISUAL INSPECTION BY THE FLIGHT CREW REVEALED NO APPARENT DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT REPOSITIONED TO YIP WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. AT YIP DURING WALKAROUND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INTERNAL BULKHEAD AT STATION 786 HAD MOVED AFT 4 INCHES. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE FLOOR RESTRAINTS IN THE SEAT TRACK HAD BROKEN LOOSE, THE VERTICLE BULKHEAD SUPPORTS WERE BROKEN AT THE FLOOR ATTACHMENT AND THE ENGINE PYLON FRONT SPARS WERE BENT AFT. (M)

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