# Incident 19960727026939I: Boeing 75724APF, Richmond, VA, July 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1996, 06:30 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N418UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N418UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-24APF (registry code 1384969, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-24apf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2040 (registry code 52121, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2040) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 75724APF
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,869 total, 53 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960727026939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 7, 1996, AT 0630 LOCAL TIME, A B757-24, N418UP, LANDED AT RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. AFTER LANDING, AND WHILE BEING DIRECTED TO A PARKING AREA BY A GROUND MAN, THE LEFT WING HIT A LIGHT POLE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS MATTER WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE CAPTAIN BY THE COMPANY CHIEF PILOT. INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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