# Incident 19970529017869I: Boeing 757251, Washington, DC, May 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1997, 21:54 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Washington National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N507US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N507US-2018-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-251 (registry code 1384970, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757251
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,918 total, 794 in this make and model, 232 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970529017869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT DCA (WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT) WITH WINDS REPORTED 170 DEGREES 8 KNOTS. TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED AS "FIRM" BUT NOT "HARD", FOLLOWED BY A "NOSE HIGH" CALLOUT FROM THE FIRST OFFICER (PILOT NOT FLYING). CAPTAIN LOWERED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE TO THE RUNWAY, AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. ON THE SUBSEQUENT WALKAROUND INSPECTION, THERE WAS DAMAGE NOTICED ON THE LOSER AFT FUSELAGE IN THE AREA OF THE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD. THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED TRAINING AND AN FAR 121 APPENDIX F PROFICIENCY CHECK, AND THE CAPTAIN RECEIVED A TWO LEG FAR 121.440 LINE CHECK PRIOR TO BEING RELEASED TO THE LINE.

## Other reports on N507US (1)

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

- [Incident 19890514027769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890514027769I), May 14, 1989: Boeing 757251 (N507US), Boston, MA. 8 Packs of matches ignited when galley oven was turned on. Extinguished by attendant. Matches were with meals.

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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