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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-243 · West Palm Beach, FL · September 26, 1984

Date
September 26, 1984 · 15:30 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PEXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N574PE
Reported as
Boeing 727243
People aboard
115
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,900 total350 in this make and model230 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Dropped wingtip during landing in gusty winds causing skin and #8 slat outboard damage.

As the FAA filed it

DROPPED WINGTIP DURING LANDING IN GUSTY WINDS CAUSING SKIN AND #8 SLAT OUTBOARD DAMAGE.