# Incident 19970727036139I: Boeing 72751C, Houston, TX, July 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1997, 05:39 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RYNA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N414EX-2017-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-51C (registry code 1384015, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-51c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72751C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,800 total, 19,500 in this make and model, 192 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970727036139I

## Narrative

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

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 19971001029349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971001029349A), Oct 1, 1997: Boeing 72751C (N414EX), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. Taxiing out of cargo area, struck by an employee bus.
- [Incident 19860707057949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860707057949I), Jul 7, 1986: Boeing 72751C (N414EX), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Turbine blade failure on takeoff. Safe landing made. Turbine blades exited exhaust area onto runway.

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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