# Incident 19990110005779I: Boeing 727225, Rochester, NY, January 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1999, 21:18 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8875Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8875Z-2003-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series (registry code 52060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990110005779I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON SUNDAY, JANURAY 10, 1999, A DELTA AIRLINES 727-225, FLIGHT 500 WAS STRUCK BY THE DE-ICE TRUCK BOOM WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DEICED. CORPORATE WINGS, THE CONTRACT MAINTENANCE VENDOR, TEMP REPAIRED THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TIP FAIRING PER THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS AND DEFERRED THE ITEM.  THE SAME DAY, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT REACHED ATLANTA, THE STAB FAIRING WAS REPLACED AND THE ITEM WAS CLEARED.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8875Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20020306004579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020306004579I), Mar 6, 2002: Boeing 727225 (N8875Z), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Wednesday March 6, 2002, at 0725 EST, a Boeing 727, N8875Z, flight 439, operated by delta airlines, reported an aft cargo fire light illuminating at…

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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