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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-51C · Houston, TX · July 27, 1997

Date: July 27, 1997 · 05:39 local
Place: Houston, TX
Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: RYNA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N414EX
Reported as: Boeing 72751C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 23,800 total19,500 in this make and model192 in the last 90 days

N414EXRegistration cancelled Apr 13, 2017 · Boeing 727-51CS/N 18899 · Built 1966 Airframe modelBoeing 727-51C Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1Turbo-jet

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What happened

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

Narrative: on July 27, 1997, at 05:39 local time, under VMC conditions, N414EX, B-727, operated by ryan international airlines for emery (under contract with U.S. Postal service), taxied into parking space on the cargo ramp at iah. No ground handler was present to marshall the aircraft, so the captain tried to line up the l/h forward pax door with an airstair which was parked on the ramp. During this maneuver the #3 leading edge slat hit a k-loader, which was also parked on the ramp, causing a 4"X2" hole in the skin and puncturing the hot-air anti-icing duct. There were no injuries to personnel. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 27, 1997, AT 05:39 LOCAL TIME, UNDER VMC CONDITIONS, N414EX, B-727, OPERATED BY RYAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES FOR EMERY (UNDER CONTRACT WITH U.S. POSTAL SERVICE), TAXIED INTO PARKING SPACE ON THE CARGO RAMP AT IAH. NO GROUND HANDLER WAS PRESENT TO MARSHALL THE AIRCRAFT, SO THE CAPTAIN TRIED TO LINE UP THE L/H FORWARD PAX DOOR WITH AN AIRSTAIR WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP. DURING THIS MANEUVER THE #3 LEADING EDGE SLAT HIT A K-LOADER, WHICH WAS ALSO PARKED ON THE RAMP, CAUSING A 4"X2" HOLE IN THE SKIN AND PUNCTURING THE HOT-AIR ANTI-ICING DUCT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

Other reports on N414EX · 2

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

Accident 19971001029349ADenver, COTaxiing out of cargo area, struck by an employee bus.Oct 1, 1997 · Substantial damage Incident 19860707057949ITo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Nashville, TNTurbine blade failure on takeoff. Safe landing made. Turbine blades exited exhaust area onto runway.Jul 7, 1986 · Minor damage