# Incident 19871227074799I: Boeing 727231, Miami, FL, December 27, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1987, 12:04 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54344, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54344-2006-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (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 727231
- People aboard: 134
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88IA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871227074799I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK PALLET LOADER DURING POWER BACK FROM GATE. DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING AILERON. DIRECTED BY WING WALKERS.

## 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 MIA88IA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA072), Dec 27, 1987: Boeing 727-231 (N54344), Miami, FL, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N54344 (2)

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

- [Incident 19970711026399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970711026399I), Jul 11, 1997: Boeing 727231 (N54344), Omaha, NE. Narrative: on July 11, 1997, a Boeing 727-231, N54334, operating as twa flight 633, taxied to the runway for takeoff at Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE. As the crew…
- [Incident 19790617022199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790617022199I), Jun 17, 1979: Boeing 727231 (N54344), Detroit, MI. Zu terminal window blown in by jet blast during power out taxi. Push back procedures will be used in the future.

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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