# Incident 19950126003949I: Boeing 727200, Washington, DC, January 26, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1995, 21:58 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: UALA
- 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: N7451U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7451U-2006-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- People aboard: 59
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950126003949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING ON DCA RUNWAY 36 AT NIGHT, UAL 626, N7451U, A BOEING 727-200, WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO GATE 26. WHILE TAXIING ONTO THE GATE 26 RAMP, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A CHAIN LINK CONSTRUCTION FENCE WITH ITS RIGHT WING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT BECAUSE IT WAS NIGHT TIME, THERE WERE BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AREA ON THE GATE 26 RAMP. THE LIGHTS REFLECTED ON THE BLACK PAINT THAT WAS PAINTED ON THE OLD LEAD-IN-LINE. THIS REFLECTION MADE THE OLD LEAD-IN LINE TO APPEAR TO BE THE CORRECT LEAD-IN-LINE TO THE GATE. IN ADDITION TO THESE FACTORS, THE FENCE HAD BEEN PLACED TOO CLOSE TO GATE 26 BY THE AIRPORT. TO PREVENT FUTURE INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE, DCA OPERATIONS HAD THE BLACK PAINT AND OLD LEAD-IN-LINE GROUND OUT. A NEW YELLOW LEAD-IN-LINE WAS THEN RELOCATED ON THE PERPENDICULAR TO THE TERMINAL BUILDING FOR A SAFER AND BETTER APPROACH TO GATE 26.

## Other reports on N7451U (1)

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

- [Incident 19870805049349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870805049349I), Aug 5, 1987: Boeing 727222 (N7451U), Des Moines, IA. Engine shut down due to loss of engine oil. Diverted. Found a seal had failed on the oil screen cover.

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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