# Incident 19960305006649I: Boeing 727225, New York, NY, March 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TAOA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N918TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N918TS-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 68
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,884 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960305006649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 5, 1996, US AIR SHUTTLE, AIRCRAFT N918TS, FLIGHT 6051, FROM BOSTON. WHILE FIVE MILES OUT ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AT LGA A SEVEN FOOT SECTION OF THE RIGHT HAND OUTBOARD FORE FLAP TRAILING EDGE SEPARATED. P/N 65-21631-274, S/N BN133. THE FORE FLAP SECTION WAS FOUND IN BRONX, NEW YORK. IT LANDED ON THE ROOF OF MS. EILEEN COZZI, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N918TS (1)

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

- [Incident 19891108055919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891108055919I), Nov 8, 1989: Boeing 727225 (N918TS), New York, NY, Minor damage. While taxiing left wing struck a vehicle. Damaged NR1 leading edge slat and wing tip.

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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