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| Date: | Monday 3 June 1996 |
| Time: | c. 23:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-236B (M) |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-BDXP |
| MSN: | 24088/697 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 391 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Following an uneventful flight from Miami, the operator's engineering staff carried out a turn-
around maintenance check on the aircraft during which it was found that a large section of the No
16 leading edge Krueger flap was missing. Following a request from the AAIB, the Miami Airport
authorities conducted a search of the areas around Runway 09L, the runway in use at the time this
aircraft departed. Following this search, the missing part of the flap was found and despatched to the
AAIB.
Examination of the aircraft indicated that during the last third of the flap's deployment travel
the outboard end of the flap had been contacting the inboard side of the No 3 engine pylon.
Examination of the detached section of flap indicated that the failure had been progressive and had
resulted from repetitive flexural bending loads introduced as a result of contact between the forward
outer end of the flap and the No 3 engine pylon, when the flap was deployed and retracted in
service.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54230265e5274a1314000b1b/dft_avsafety_pdf_500541.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7080299 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1993 | G-BDXP | British Airways | 0 | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |  |
min |
| Collision with Ground support equipment | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2025 13:29 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 10-Aug-2025 13:29 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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