# Incident 19850922065629I: Boeing 727247, Omaha, NE, September 22, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1985, 09:30 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WALA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2817W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2817W-2013-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (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 727247
- People aboard: 120
- 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/19850922065629I

## Narrative

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

LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK JETWAY DURING DEPARTURE FROM GATE UNDER OWN POWER. RETURNED TO GATE FOR TEMPORARY REPAIRS.

## Other reports on N2817W (2)

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

- [Incident 19930419018809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930419018809I), Apr 19, 1993: Boeing 727247 (N2817W), Boise, ID. Unable to retract tail skid due to open pneumatic receptacle door on climb. Returned, landed safely.
- [Incident 19820310008569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820310008569I), Mar 10, 1982: Boeing 727200 (N2817W), San Diego, CA. Female passenger had a stroke. Police ambulance took passenger to hospital.

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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