# Incident 19970930038719I: Boeing 727247, Los Angeles, CA, September 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1997, 21:45 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N297WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N297WA-2003-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 197 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970930038719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 2205 PST, DELTA AIR LINES, INC., OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A BOEING 727(N297WA) AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AT THE LOS ANGELES INT. AIRPORT (LAX), TERMINAL #5 AND GATE #50B. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER DELTA OWNED LOCKHEED 1011 (N751DA), WHICH WAS BEING TOWED TO ITS HANGAR. AIRCRAFT N297WA WAS WAITING FOR IT'S PASSENGERS AND DEPARTURE. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A PASSENGER REVENUE FLIGHT FROM LAX TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA (PHX). THE FLIGHT CREW DID FILE AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN; WHICH WAS CANCELLED DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. THE LOWER RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER RECEIVED ENOUGH MINOR DAMAGE TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT'S DEPARTURE. THE PILOT DOES HOLD A CURRENT ATP RATING FOR BOEING 727. RECOMMENDATIONS: NONE: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N297WA (2)

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

- [Incident 19971204039999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971204039999I), Dec 4, 1997: Boeing 727247 (N297WA), Rochester, NY. "A" system hydraulics fluid loss due to number 3 left slat actvator fractured.
- [Incident 19920909039529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920909039529I), Sep 9, 1992: Boeing 727247 (N297WA), Covington - Cin, OH. On descent NR3 engine did not respond to throttle. Shut down and landed. Removed for overtemp inspection.

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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