ACT B744 at Turkistan on Apr 3rd 2024, engine pod strike

Last Update: April 10, 2024 / 14:40:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 3, 2024

Classification
Accident

Airline
ACT Airlines

Flight number
TK-6391

Departure
Hong Kong, China

Destination
Turkistan, Kazakhstan

Aircraft Registration
TC-ACG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A ACT Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter on behalf of THY Turkish Airlines, registration TC-ACG performing flight TK-6391 from Hong Kong (China) to Turkistan (Kazakhstan), initiated a go around from very low height after the approach became unstable but struck the outboard right hand engine (CF6) onto the runway surface. The aircraft positioned for another approach and landed without further incident.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Turkistan on Apr 10th 2024.

According to information The Aviation Herald received the aircraft suffered structural damage, engine #4 needed to be replaced.

Metars:
UAIT 031400Z 35002MPS CAVOK 14/07 Q1021 NOSIG RMK QFE739/0985=
UAIT 031330Z 26004MPS CAVOK 15/06 Q1021 NOSIG RMK QFE738/0985=
UAIT 031300Z 25006MPS CAVOK 15/06 Q1020 NOSIG RMK QFE738/0985=
UAIT 031230Z 24007MPS CAVOK 16/06 Q1020 NOSIG RMK QFE738/0985=
UAIT 031200Z 25004MPS CAVOK 18/02 Q1020 NOSIG RMK QFE738/0984=
UAIT 031130Z 24004MPS CAVOK 18/03 Q1020 NOSIG RMK QFE738/0984=
UAIT 031100Z 21004MPS 170V250 CAVOK 18/02 Q1020 NOSIG RMK QFE738/0984=
UAIT 031030Z 21003MPS 150V250 CAVOK 19/02 Q1020 NOSIG RMK QFE740/0987=
UAIT 031000Z 18004MPS 130V230 CAVOK 19/02 Q1020 NOSIG RMK QFE738/0984=
UAIT 030930Z 23003MPS 200V270 CAVOK 18/02 Q1020 NOSIG RMK QFE738/0984=
UAIT 030900Z 20002MPS 150V280 CAVOK 18/02 Q1020 NOSIG RMK QFE738/0984=
UAIT 030830Z 20003MPS 150V220 CAVOK 18/04 Q1020 NOSIG RMK QFE738/0984=
UAIT 030800Z 20003MPS 170V240 CAVOK 17/05 Q1020 NOSIG RMK QFE738/0984=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 3, 2024

Classification
Accident

Airline
ACT Airlines

Flight number
TK-6391

Departure
Hong Kong, China

Destination
Turkistan, Kazakhstan

Aircraft Registration
TC-ACG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

This article is published under license from Avherald.com. © of text by Avherald.com.
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