19990506020269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727J4 · Baltimore, MD · May 6, 1999

Date
May 6, 1999 · 06:03 local
Place
Baltimore, MD
Airport
Baltimore-Washington International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N505FE
Reported as
Boeing 727J4
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Upon landing pilot reported aircraft shook violently from nose gear area. Aircraft cleared active and called for company maintenance personnel. Found nose gear scissors disconnected with pin hanging. Maintenance reconnected scissors and aircraft taxied to ramp with some damage to scissors and taxi light wiring harness.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT SHOOK VIOLENTLY FROM NOSE GEAR AREA. AIRCRAFT CLEARED ACTIVE AND CALLED FOR COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. FOUND NOSE GEAR SCISSORS DISCONNECTED WITH PIN HANGING. MAINTENANCE RECONNECTED SCISSORS AND AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO RAMP WITH SOME DAMAGE TO SCISSORS AND TAXI LIGHT WIRING HARNESS.