# Incident 19890718065709I: Boeing 727222, Minneapolis, MN, July 18, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1989, 16:20 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7463U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7463U-2005-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890718065709I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFTS LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A CHAIN LINK FENCE ON EDGE OF RAMP.

## Other reports on N7463U (1)

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

- [Incident 19831018069229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831018069229I), Oct 18, 1983: Boeing 727200 (N7463U), Denver, CO. Encountered severe turbulence on climbout. All flight attendants and one passenger injured. Seat belt sign on.

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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