B763, Houston Intercontinental TX USA, 2023

B763, Houston Intercontinental TX USA, 2023

Summary

On 29 July 2023, a Boeing 767-300 first officer mismanaged the de-rotation of the nose landing gear during touchdown in benign daylight conditions at Houston Intercontinental. A hard nose landing gear bounce followed main landing gear touchdown, and a further nose landing gear bounce followed after the thrust reversers were selected with the nose landing gear airborne. This resulted in the unarmed speedbrakes deploying. A momentary third bounce then completed full touchdown, and the captain took control. On arrival on the assigned gate, significant structural damage was found to have been caused to the forward fuselage structure.

Description

On 29 July 2023, a Boeing 767-300 (N641UA) operated by United Airlines on a scheduled international passenger flight from Newark to Houston Intercontinental as UAL702 with the first officer as pilot flying (PF) proceeded normally with main gear touchdown until de-rotation of the nose landing gear was mismanaged. An initial hard bounce was followed by a second one aggravated by deployment of the thrust reversers, which automatically deployed the previously unarmed speedbrakes and an almost immediate final nose gear touchdown as the captain took control.

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