# Incident 19950320008739I: Boeing 727221, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, March 20, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1995, 04:40 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EISA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N370PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N370PA-2003-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-221 (registry code 1384071, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-221) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727221
- People aboard: 188
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950320008739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40Z (04:40 CST), LONG HORN 514, AN EXPRESS ONE B727-221, ARRIVING FROM CANCUN, MEXICO, TAXIED INTO THE TERMINAL 2W GATE 24 AREA. CAPTAIN KEITH GUTHRIE HAD ACQUIRED VISUAL CONTACT WITH A GROUND LEAD-IN SIGNALMAN AND WAS MANEUVERING INTO THE PARKING POSITION FOR GATE 24 WHEN THE OUTER LEFT WING AREA MADE CONTACT WITH THE STRUCTURE OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOADER PARKED ADJACENT TO THE TAXI-IN AREA. THE WING TIP LIGHT COVER CONTACTED A RAILING ON THE LOADER AND THE WING LEADING EDGE AREA STRUCK AN UPRIGHT STANCHION OF THE LOADER APPROXIMATELY TWENTY INCHES FROM THE WING TIP ITSELF. AFTER A VISUAL CHECK FROM THE COCKPIT WINDOW AND A VERBAL EXCHANGE WITH GROUND PERSONNEL, THE CAPTAIN DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO IMMINENT DANGER AND DECIDED ON AN ORDERLY DEPLANING OF THE PASSENGERS VIA THE REAR STAIRS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF, AND WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES. THE AIRCRAFT AND THE UPPER-DECK LOADER WERE BOTH SUBSEQUENTLY MOVED BEFORE ANY INVESTIGATION OR OBSERVATION BY THIS OFFICE COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE BOEING AIRCRAFT REVEALED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. AN INSPECTION OF THE RAMP AREA AT NIGHT REVEALED THAT BECAUSE OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING RAMP LIGHTS, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE CREW TO HAVE SEEN THE LOADER.

## Other reports on N370PA (3)

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

- [Incident 19970327013129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970327013129I), Mar 27, 1997: Boeing 727221 (N370PA), Springdale, AR. Narrative: on sun pacific international flt SNP204 from newark, NJ to fayetteville, AR the crew of SNP204 mistakenly landed at Springdale, AR (asg). The crew…
- [Incident 19940512016859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940512016859I), May 12, 1994: Boeing 727221 (N370PA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft struck a parked mail truck while being directed by ground personnel.
- [Incident 19840726045759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840726045759I), Jul 26, 1984: Boeing 727221 (N370PA), Los Angles, CA, Minor damage. Left wing tip discovered damaged while parked at gate. Cause of damaged was later identified as a service company.

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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