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Boeing 747-122 N4712U

12 June 1984 · San Francisco, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 June 1984 at about 04:30 local time, a Boeing 747-122 registered N4712U, operated by United Airlines, was involved in an incident near San Francisco, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 04:30
Classification
Incident
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Coordinates
37.6094, -122.3795
Aircraft
Boeing 747-122
Registration
N4712U
Category
Airplane
Engines
4
Operator
United Airlines
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Honolulu → San Francisco
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
VMC
Light
Dusk
NTSB number
LAX84IA350

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

JUST INSIDE THE OUTER MARKER, A 'LOUD BANG' WAS HEARD & LEFT AILERON INPUT WAS NEEDED TO CONTROL ACFT HEADING. THE LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL THE FLAPS WERE RAISED WHILE TAXIING & THE FLT ENGINEER REPORTED A #4 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE. THE CAPT LOST BRAKES AND HAD TO UTILIZE STANDBY BRAKES. AT THIS TIME A SPLIT FLAP INDICATION WAS OBSERVED. INSPECTION REVEALED FLAP TRACK FRACTURED APRX 6 INCHES AFT OF THE FORWARD ATTACH POINT. THE FRACTURE INITIATEDON OUTBOARD FLANGE #1 BOLTHOLE WALL BECAUSE OF PITTING CORROSION. A PORTION OF THE FORE FLAP & A SMALL WING PANEL SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT. DURING FLAP RETRACTION AFTER LANDING, THE TRANSMISSION BALL NUT JAMMED. THE DRIVE TORQUE TUBE FRACTURED AT THIS TIME AND THE BROKEN END OF THE ROTATING TORQUE TUBE DAMAGED HYDRAULIC LINES, CAUSING A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. AN ALERT SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED BY BOEING AFTER THIS INCIDENT & UNITED AIRLINES INITIATED A FLEET WIDE INSPECTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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