# Incident 19940318009749I: Boeing 727232, Washington, DC, March 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1994, 17:00 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Washington National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N412DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N412DA-2000-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 139
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940318009749I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DELTA FLIGHT 1760 PARKED IN THE KILO AREA AS DIRECTED BY DCA GROUND CONTROL. WHILE TAXIING IN THE KILO AREA, DELTA 1760'S LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A CHAIN LINK FENCE. DELTA AIR LINES LGA ASSISTANT CHIEF PILOT CONDUCTED A COMPANY INVESTIGATION THAT INDICATED THE KILO AREA CLUTTERED, POORLY MARKED AND POORLY DEFINED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DELTA AIR LINES MADE SEVERAL OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND HAS TAKEN CORRECTIVE ACTION WITHIN THE COMPANY TO PREVENT A REOCCURANCE OF THIS TYPE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N412DA (2)

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

- [Incident 19891029060119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891029060119I), Oct 29, 1989: Boeing 727232 (N412DA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Lost NR3 engine on takeoff. Returned. Turbine section had disintegrated. Pieces in tailpipe and area.
- [Incident 19840229012889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840229012889I), Feb 29, 1984: Boeing 727 (N412DA), Columbus, OH. Left gear left runway during turn. Wind may have caught tail of aircraft causing nose to slide to the left.

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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