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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-25C · Knoxville, TN · March 26, 1997

Date
March 26, 1997 · 04:30 local
Place
Knoxville, TN
Airport
Mc Ghee Tyson
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N124FE
Reported as
Boeing 72725C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,286 total2,286 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the marshaller did not determine that a tug/trailer/container was parked inside the painted object free line. During a heavy rain during aircraft arrival at the gate, the a/c struck the container with the right wing leading edge slat while following the marshaller's signals.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE MARSHALLER DID NOT DETERMINE THAT A TUG/TRAILER/CONTAINER WAS PARKED INSIDE THE PAINTED OBJECT FREE LINE. DURING A HEAVY RAIN DURING AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL AT THE GATE, THE A/C STRUCK THE CONTAINER WITH THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE SLAT WHILE FOLLOWING THE MARSHALLER'S SIGNALS.

Other reports on N124FE · 3

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