Boeing B747-436 F-GITC

Summary

On 26 August 2008 at about 21:45 local time, a Boeing B747-436 registered F-GITC, operated by Air France, was involved in an incident near Montreal, Canada. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 August 2008 at 21:45

Classification

Incident

Location

Montreal, Canada

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing B747-436

Registration

F-GITC

Category

Airplane

Operator

Air France

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Paris → Montreal

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

DCA08WA094

Nobody was injured.

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

On August 26, 2008 at 1745 eastern time, a Boeing 747-436, registration F-GITC, s/n 25344 operated by Air France as flight 346 from Paris, France exited runway 24R after landing at Montreal Pierre Trudeau International Airport. According to TSB-Canada, during the rollout and approaching B2 taxiway the nose gear deflected to the right. The crew applied maximum braking and the aircraft stopped with the nose gear on the grass about 26 feet on the right hand side of the runway. The main gear remained on the runway. There were no injuries and passengers were deplaned using passenger transfer vehicles. No evidence of damage was noted on the aircraft. The TSB of Canada is conducting an investigation of this incident. File number A08Q0171.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.