ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166043
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 September 2004 |
| Time: | 13:02 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-4B5F |
| Owner/operator: | Korean Air Cargo |
| Registration: | HL7467 |
| MSN: | 22483/501 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Oslo-Gardermoen Airport (OSL/ENGM) -
 Norway
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Oslo-Gardermoen Airport (OSL/ENGM) |
| Seoul-Incheon International Airport (ICN/RKSI) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIBN |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Boeing 747-400F operated by Korean Air was taking off from Oslo Airport Gardermoen for a flight to Incheon International Airport, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
During take-off run, the aircraft started to autorotate at approximately 120 Knots Calibrated Air Speed (KCAS) due to the actual Centre of Gravity (CG) being aft of the aft CG limit. The stabilizer remained steady as the aircraft continued to accelerate and became airborne at 165 KCAS and 11.5 degrees pitch attitude. After lift-off the nose attitude was increased to 12 degrees and then to 19 degrees. The commander realised that the aircraft balance was wrong due to the far forward trim setting. The crew suspected a wrong CG location and contacted the company office through SATCOM. The crew was informed that the CG was out of limits for landing. A new CG location was received and the flight crew relocated some load pallets during flight. However, the CG was still aft of the aft limit. During the approach briefing, the landing configuration and performance parameters were discussed to reduce the possibility of a tail strike during touchdown and landing rollout. Emergency equipment was requested to stand by. During the landing rollout at RKSI, the aircraft nose lifted at 60 knots and nose wheel steering was lost. The Commander stopped the aircraft on the runway and shut down all engines. The aircraft was subsequently towed to the parking stand.
The wrong CG location was caused by a mistake during loading. During load planning the Load Master mistook the Standard Operating Mass (SOM) Centre of Gravity (CG) Mean Aerodynamic Chord (MAC) percent number for the Index Unit (IU) number. Hence the aircraft was misloaded to a CG of 37.8% MAC, which was 4.8 % aft of the aft limit of 33 % MAC. The mistake was not discovered by the Load Master, SAS Cargo or Korean Air Supervisor. Nor was the mistake discovered by the commander who accepted and signed the cargo loading manifest before take-off.
The aircraft took off from Oslo International Airport with the CG 4.8 % aft of the aft limit and landed at Incheon International Airport with the CG 7.2% aft of the certified aft limit.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
AIBN
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2014 13:13 | harro | Added |
| 13-Jan-2022 15:36 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report] |
| 07-Sep-2022 08:40 | harro | Updated [Cn] |
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