# Incident 19960428013829I: Boeing 727223, Talladega, AL, April 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1996, 07:30 local time
- Place: Talladega, AL
- Airport: Talladega Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C1HA
- Location: 33.5695° N, 86.0512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALLADEGA MUNI (ASN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5695&lon=-86.0512&mi=10
- Aircraft: N705CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N705CA-2014-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 146
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960428013829I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AS TOLD BY ROY ADAMS, AIRPORT MANAGER: ON APRIL 28, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 AM A BOEING 727-200 (N705CA) OPERATED BY CHAMPION AIR, OUT OF SALT LAKE CITY, UT WAS MISTAKENLY POSITIONED ON THE RAMP AT TALLADEGA AIRPORT (ASN). MR. ROY ADAMS ADMITTED THAT THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM BETWEEN HIS PEOPLE AND THE PILOTS OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS LEASED BY US MOTOR SPORT OF STATESVILLE, NC WAS INCORRECTLY POSITIONED TOO CLOSE TO THE TERMINAL, WHEN THE CREW APPLIED POWER TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT THERE WERE SEVERAL WINDOWS IN THE TERMINAL THAT WERE BROKEN BY THE JET BLAST. THE CREW OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE ASKED TO EXERCISE GOOD JUDGMENT AS FAR AS MOVING THE AIRCRAFT WITH AS LITTLE POWER AS NEEDED TO GET THE AIRCRAFT MOVED UNDER ITS OWN POWER. THEY CLAIMED THEY DID AND THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE PARKED SO CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT TERMINAL IN THE BEGINNING.

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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