Boeing 747 D-ACGD

Summary

On 21 September 2010 at about 09:30 local time, a Boeing 747 registered D-ACGD, operated by Air Cargo Germany, was involved in an incident near Hong Kong, China. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 September 2010 at 09:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Hong Kong, China

Nearest airport

Hong Kong Intl. Airport (HKG)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 747

Registration

D-ACGD

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Air Cargo Germany

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Karaganda

Aircraft damage

Minor

NTSB number

ENG10WA052

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 September 21, 2010, 0930 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), an Air Cargo Germany, a Boeing B-747-412F,registered as D-ACGD, was performing a left turn to line up with Runway 25L for take-off 31C at Hong Kong International Airport. Just before finishing the left turn to line up for take-off, the pilots noticed a loud bang sound followed by a slight tilting of the aircraft to the left. The aircraft was disabled on the runway and subsequent inspection confirmed the failure of the outer cylinder of left main landing gear. There were no injuries among the four crew members on board. The airplane was not substantially damaged. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of China. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Civil Aviation Department Accident Investigation Division Hong Kong, China 46/F, Queensway Government Offices 66 Queensway, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 29106821 (24 hours) Fax:(852) 29101177 (24 hours) http://www.cad.gov.hk/english/home.html Email: [email protected] AFTN: VHHHYAYX Cable: 22101 CAXTCN This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the Government of China.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.