# Incident 19870109004819I: Boeing 72722C, Houston, TX, January 9, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1987, 21:45 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EISA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N426EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N426EX-2007-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22C (registry code 138400F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,400 total, 8,600 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870109004819I

## Narrative

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

AS AIRCRAFT WAS BEING MARSHALLED INTO A PARKING SPOT THE WINGTIP STRUCK A VAN.

## Other reports on N426EX (2)

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

- [Incident 19900123014609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900123014609I), Jan 23, 1990: Boeing 72722C (N426EX), Grand Rapids, MI, Minor damage. Veered off and back onto runway on rollout. Hit lights and signs.
- [Incident 19881004062799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881004062799I), Oct 4, 1988: Boeing 72722C (N426EX), San Antonio, TX. No gear safe light. Tower fly-by informed gear appeared down. Landed safely. Nose gear lock switch faulty.

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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