# Accident 19871226074842A: Boeing 727223, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 26, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1987, 11:35 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N893AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N893AA-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D1
- People aboard: 88
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,357 total, 5,375 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871226074842A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT WING WAS STRUCK BY A COMPANY 707,N705AA, LEFT WING WHILE HOLDING ON A TAXIWAY. OTHER 727 WAS TRYING TO PASS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N705AA, Boeing 727200: [Accident 19871226074841A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871226074841A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA88LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA075), Dec 26, 1987: Boeing 727-223 (N893AA), San Juan, PR, minor damage

## Other reports on N893AA (2)

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

- [Incident 19900430065789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900430065789I), Apr 30, 1990: Boeing 727223 (N893AA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. Trailing edge section of starboard inboard trailing edge flap separated from aircraft while taxiing to gate.
- [Incident 19820113000649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820113000649I), Jan 13, 1982: Boeing 727223 (N893AA), Port Au Prince, HA, 1 fatal. Stowaway fell out of wheel well when crew cycled landing gear after takeoff.

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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