ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 247200
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| Date: | Monday 4 July 2005 |
| Time: | 10:52 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-209BSF |
| Owner/operator: | Kalitta Air |
| Registration: | N714CK |
| MSN: | 22446/519 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | New Chitose Airport -
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | New Chitose Airport |
| Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC) | |
| Investigating agency: | ARAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Boeing 747-200B, N714CK, operated as Kalitta Air non- scheduled Flight 825 (Cargo), took off from New Chitose Airport at 10:51 JST bound for Anchorage International Airport.
After takeoff, at about 10:52 JST, the fire warning light for the No. 3 engine illuminated and an audible alarm sounded. The pilot in command(PIC) shut down the engine, activating the fire extinguishing system, then jettisoned fuel to reduce aircraft weight to the maximum landing weight or below, changed its destination and landed at New Chitose Airport at 12:09 JST.
After the landing, damage was found on the right cowling of the No. 3 engine.
Of the total of six persons on board, consisting of the PIC, three other operating crewmembers, and two mechanics, no one was injured.
PROBABLE CAUSE
It is estimated that this serious incident was caused by the following process: When the aircraft was climbing after takeoff, the fuel that had leaked from the attachment area between the No. 3 fuel nozzle and primary fuel tube inside the engine cowling of the No. 3 engine was injected into the engine nacelle, was ignited when it contacted the hot section of the engine case, which resulted in a flame inside the fire suppression zone of the engine.
It is considered that the fuel leakage was caused by the followings: During replacement work of the fuel nozzles, a fuel tube with deformed attachment area was possibly connected to the No. 3 fuel nozzle, which eventually caused a gap, and sealing function of the O-ring attachment was defeated.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
JTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 July 2008 | N714CK | Centurion Air Cargo | 0 | 10 km W of Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) |  |
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Images:
Photo: ARAIC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 28-Jan-2021 20:38 | harro | Added |
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