ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178168
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| Date: | Monday 27 July 2015 |
| Time: | 12:40 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-467F |
| Owner/operator: | Cathay Pacific Cargo |
| Registration: | B-HUL |
| MSN: | 30804/1255 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) -
 India
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG/VHHH) |
| Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Cathay Pacific Airways flight CX3217, a Boeing B747-400F aircraft, was involved in a serious incident while operating a cargo flight from Hong Kong to Delhi.
The aircraft landed in Delhi on runway 10 at 1240 UTC and during the taxi-in, the Ground controller contacted the flight crew and informed them that a part had separated from the aircraft during the landing. The flight crew after reaching the bay, instructed the ground engineer to perform a walk around inspection which initially did not reveal any missing parts. The flight crew then fully extended the wing flaps and the engineer reported that the left wing inboard trailing edge fore-flap was missing. The damage was limited to the failed aircraft parts and their associated system. There was no injury to any occupant on board the aircraft. There was no fire.
Probable cause of the incident:
The incident may have occurred due to non-compliance of SB 747-27-2366 by the operator which resulted in fracture of fore flap inner attachment link (outboard) or the carriage attachment lug (inboard) leading to subsequent separation of the fore flap.
The SB 747-27-2366 was not mandated by FAA & accordingly neither by HKCAD which may have prompted the operator to not incorporate it in their maintenance programme.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/flap-of-cathay-pacific-aircraft-comes-off-while-landing-in-delhi-dgca-initiates-probe-1028319.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Freighters-wing-flap-falls-off-at-Delhi-airport/articleshow/48297447.cms
Images:
Photo: AAIB India
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2015 10:53 | Rumbachtaler | Added |
| 31-Jul-2015 17:16 | harro | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2015 17:18 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2015 09:39 | Chieftain | Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2018 14:43 | harro | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
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