# Incident 19940721032059I: Boeing 727, Atlanta, GA, July 21, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1994, 09:15 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RYNA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N528PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N528PC-2007-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-82C (registry code 1384026, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-82c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940721032059I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DENNIS M. WOODLOCK, RYAN INT'L EMPLOYEE NO. 0662, AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC, WAS TAXIING THE AIRPLANE FOR REPOSITIONING FROM THE NORTH CARGO AREA TO THE OLD EASTERN AIRLINES MAINTENANCE AREA. MICHAEL W. FERNANDEZ OF U.S. AIRPORTS WAS POSITIONED AT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AS THE MARSHALER. HE STATED THAT HE MISJUDGED THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE RIGHT WING TIP AND THE METAL FENCE. THIS RESULTED IN THE WINGTIP STRIKING THE FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHICH REQUIRED REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE WINGTIP. ANTHONY S. WILLIAM'S, AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC NO. 247650976 WAS ASSISTING MR. WOODLOCK IN THE COCKPIT DURING THE TAXI. HE WAS THERE TO OBSERVE THE RIGHT WING AND MONITOR THE HYDRAULIC GAUGE. HE STATED HE HAD TURNED AWAY FROM THE WING TO LOOK AT THE GAGE WHEN THE WINGTIP STRUCK THE FENCE. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS A SLIGHTLY CONGESTED AREA, THERE WERE NO WING WALKERS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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