Boeing 747-121 accident near Anchorage, AK
On March 31, 1993, a Boeing 747-121 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Anchorage, AK. No one was seriously hurt. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 31, 1993
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Aircraft
- Boeing 747-121 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 61.159°N, 149.990°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11963
Official records · DCA93MA033
- Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations
Conditions
- Local time
- 4:34 PM
- Light
- Daylight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 90° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 60 mi
- Cloud ceiling
- 8,000 ft
From Wikipedia
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 46E was a scheduled cargo flight on 31 March 1993, operated by a Boeing 747-100 for Evergreen International Airlines, on behalf of Japan Air Lines, from Anchorage International Airport, in Anchorage, Alaska, to O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago. After departure, while climbing through 2,000 feet, the pylon for engine two detached, causing the whole engine to fall off the wing. The pilots managed to land the 747 back at Anchorage without further incident.
The NTSB concluded that the lateral separation of the No. 2 engine pylon was possibly due to an encounter with severe or possibly extreme turbulence that resulted in dynamic multi-axis lateral loadings that exceeded the ultimate Iateral load-carrying capability of the pylon, which was already reduced by the presence of the fatigue crack near the forward end of the pylon's forward firewall web.
Text from Wikipedia, “Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 46E”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
