ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240458
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 December 2019 |
| Time: | 03:35 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-412F |
| Owner/operator: | Singapore Airlines Cargo |
| Registration: | 9V-SFO |
| MSN: | 32900/1349 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Auckland Airport, Auckland -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) |
| Auckland International Airport (AKL/NZAA) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSIB Singapore |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Singapore Airlines flight SQ7298, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, flew from Sydney, Australia, to Auckland, New Zealand.
At about 03:32 LT, during the approach to runway 05R at Auckland Airport, when the aircraft was at a height of about 2,400ft, the Pilot-in-Command (PIC), who was performing Pilot Flying (PF) duties, disengaged the auto-pilot and flew the Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach manually.
There was a right crosswind of about six to seven knots at Auckland Airport. The PIC employed the ‘touchdown-in-a-crab’ technique for the approach, which entailed in this instance pointing the aircraft about 5° to the right of the runway centreline. The PIC planned to touch down on the runway slightly to the right of the runway centreline instead of on the centre of the runway. His consideration was that this would allow a greater margin of safety from an excursion off the left edge of the runway should the aircraft be forced downwind during touchdown.
According to the PIC, he executed the flare at about 30 ft. The aircraft touched down on the runway at about 03:35 LT, the speedbrakes were automatically deployed and the aircraft pitched up shortly after touchdown. The PIC said that he lost sight of the runway end lights when the aircraft pitched up and sensed that the aircraft bounced. He then sensed that the aircraft was moving towards the right edge of the runway and so he called for a go-around and manually increased the throttles. At about the same time, the PIC also applied left aileron to roll the aircraft towards the left to align the aircraft with the runway centreline. Subsequently the aircraft got airborne.
The Air Traffic Control (ATC) observed what looked like sparks coming from the left wing of the aircraft and informed the flight crew that some part of the aircraft might have contacted the runway during the go-around. The flight crew acknowledged the ATC and subsequently landed at the airport at 03:50 LT without further incident.
An inspection revealed that the fan cowl panel, thrust reverser panel, thrust reverser lower track fairing and louvered exhaust door assembly at the underside of the No. 1 engine sustained gouge and tear damage.
Sources:
TSIB
Accident investigation:
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 December 2005 | 9V-SFO | Singapore Airlines Cargo | 0 | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR) |  |
sub |
| Collision with other aircraft on apron | ||||||
| 1 November 2018 | 9V-SFO | Singapore Airlines Cargo | 0 | Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) |  |
unk |
| 2 December 2020 | 9V-SFO | Singapore Airlines Cargo | 0 | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR) | |
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| 4 December 2022 | 9V-SFO | Singapore Airlines Cargo | 0 | Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO/HKJK) |  |
min |
| Bird strike | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2020 11:23 | harro | Added |
| 25-Aug-2020 11:24 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 05-Feb-2022 15:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-May-2023 01:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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