Aircraft that had taken off from Newark hit the front landing gear three times with ‘abnormal force’, which caused damage to the crown of the upper fuselage, reported the NTSB. //

According to the NTSB, the Boeing 767-300 N671UA registration suffered three heavy hits on the front landing gear, with force equivalent to 1.4 g, 1.6 g and again 1.6 g when the widebody ended up bouncing during the braking attempt. //

“A preliminary review of the flight data recorder (FDR) revealed that after the initial touchdown on both main wheels, the airplane rolled to the left and right main gear lifted off the runway’s surface. Subsequently, the nose wheel touched down with a gravitational force equivalent (g) of about 1.4 g and bounced,” wrote the NTSB.

“The speed brakes deployed, and the nose wheel impacted the runway a second time with a force of about 1.6 g followed by another bounce. The right thrust reverser (TR) deployed, and the nose wheel impacted the runway again with a force of about 1.6 g followed by the deployment of the left TR.”