# Incident 19980311007999I: Boeing 727200, Chicago, IL, March 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1998, 14:50 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: K3HA
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8881Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8881Z-2017-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980311007999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED ON 3/11/98 AT 1430 LCL THAT A KIWI AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN VANDALIZED AND OR DAMAGED BY SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT. THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED BY CONKORDE AIRCRAFT SERVICES INC., PERSONNEL ON 3/10/98, 1500 LCL. THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE BETWEEN STATIONS 1223 AND 1263 AND STRINGERS 23 AND 24. THE AIRCRAFT SKIN WAS TORN AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO A FRAME REQUIRING A STUB FRAME REPAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SRM. THE DAMAGED SKIN WAS CUT OUT AND A 12 IN. BY 26 IN. DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SRM. THE DAMAGED AREA HAD EVIDENCE OF YELLOW PAINT, SCRAPING AND GOUGES, AND A BLACK STREAK CONSISTENT WITH THE RUBBER GUARD AND RAIL OF THE KIWI LIFT TRUCK THAT IS STATIONED AT MDW.

## Other reports on N8881Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19801207086409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801207086409I), Dec 7, 1980: Boeing 727225 (N8881Z), Washington, DC. Zg zk as flaps were lowered, a hydraulic system quantity depleted. Flexible pressure hose disconnected.
- [Incident 19791101056229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791101056229I), Nov 1, 1979: Boeing 727 (N8881Z), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. Aircraft became stuck in mud when right main gear went off runway during taxi while turning.

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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