# Incident 19820303005219I: Boeing 727222, Las Vegas, NV, March 3, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1982, 13:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7296U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7296U-1992-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19820303005219I

## Narrative

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

TAIL STRUCK LIGHT POLE TURNING TO PARK ON RAMP. DAMAGED HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## Other reports on N7296U (1)

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

- [Incident 19791026054259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791026054259I), Oct 26, 1979: Boeing 727222 (N7296U), Miami, FL, No damage. Interior fire after clean-up crew secured the aircraft. Could have been from a cigarette.

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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