# Incident 19790617022199I: Boeing 727231, Detroit, MI, June 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1979, 20:30 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Metro
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWA
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54344, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54344-2006-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727231
- People aboard: 120
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,310 total, 2,008 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790617022199I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ZU TERMINAL WINDOW BLOWN IN BY JET BLAST DURING POWER OUT TAXI. PUSH BACK PROCEDURES WILL BE USED IN THE FUTURE.

## Other reports on N54344 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970711026399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970711026399I), Jul 11, 1997: Boeing 727231 (N54344), Omaha, NE. Narrative: on July 11, 1997, a Boeing 727-231, N54334, operating as twa flight 633, taxied to the runway for takeoff at Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE. As the crew…
- [Incident 19871227074799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871227074799I), Dec 27, 1987: Boeing 727231 (N54344), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck pallet loader during power back from gate. Damage to right wing aileron. Directed by wing walkers.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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