Boeing 747-238B N706CK

Summary

On 29 January 1995 at about 00:10 local time, a Boeing 747-238B registered N706CK was involved in an accident near Belleville, Michigan, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 January 1995 at 00:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Belleville, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

42.2006, -83.4802

Aircraft

Boeing 747-238B

Registration

N706CK

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Detroit

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI95LA078

Nobody was injured.

the failure of company maintenance personnel to adequately secure the cargo pallets, and the failure of the flightcrew to detect the deficiency during their preflight inspection.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE FLIGHTCREW REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT PRESSURIZED FOR THE 15 MINUTE REPOSITIONING FLIGHT, AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE REACHED WAS 3,100 FEET. THEY REPORTED NO UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES DURING THE FLIGHT. POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT PALLETS FROM THE 3L POSITION HAD SHIFTED AFT AND PUNCTURED THE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD IN TWO PLACES. A FLIGHT MECHANIC REPORTED THAT HE HAD SECURED THE PALLETS IN POSITION 3L AND 3R WHEN THEY WERE PLACED THERE TWO FLIGHTS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT. HE 'FLIPPED UP THREE ROWS OF LOCKS AFT OF EACH PALLET POSITION.' THE FLIGHT ENGINEER REPORTED THAT HE HAD INSPECTED THE PALLETS DURING THE PREFLIGHT AND 'THE LEFT SIDE HAD AN OVERHANG' AND HE COULD NOT SEE THE AFT LOCKS. HE SAID THE FRONT LOCKS WERE INSTALLED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.