Date:	Friday 7 May 2010
Time:	17:00
Type:	Boeing 747-422
Owner/operator:	United Airlines
Registration:	N128UA
MSN:	30023/1245
Year of manufacture:	2000
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 220
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Category:	Incident
Location:	Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) -   Australia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY)
Destination airport:	San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO)
Investigating agency:	ATSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
United Airlines Boeing 747 flight UA-870 returned to Sydney and made a safe landing for "maintenance checks".
The 747 had just rotated off Sydney's runway 34L at 14:58L (04:58Z), when the crew of another aircraft on an adjacent taxiway reported the Boeing had touched the runway surface with the tail between intersection with taxiway Kilo and intersection with runway 07/25. The crew of the United 747 climbed to 8000 feet dumping fuel over the Tasman Sea and returned to Sydney's runway 34L for a safe landing about 80 minutes after departure. The runway was closed for a short period of time to check for debris.

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2010/aair/ao-2010-029.aspx
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/07/2893707.htm
http://avherald.com/h?article=42b2d053&opt=0

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/DAplane/TS1.jpg (photo at time of the incident)
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/2/6/9/1658962.jpg (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-May-2010 08:30	VHKDK	Added
07-May-2010 16:26	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-May-2010 22:51	eod	Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-May-2010 01:17	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
11-May-2010 10:53	harro	Updated [Nature, Source]
21-Dec-2016 19:25	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]
10-Jun-2022 08:37	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Narrative]