19861014084619I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727232 · Portland, ME · October 14, 1986

Date
October 14, 1986 · 22:04 local
Place
Portland, ME
Airport
Portland International Jetport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PEXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N517PE
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC87IA014
Reported as
Boeing 727232
People aboard
40
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total6,000 in this make and model0 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.

The wingtip struck the runway during a low visibility landing. The copilot was upgrading to captain.

As the FAA filed it

THE WINGTIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY DURING A LOW VISIBILITY LANDING. THE COPILOT WAS UPGRADING TO CAPTAIN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.