# Incident 20000430016339I: Boeing 727243, Kansas City, MO, April 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2000, 18:47 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RYNA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N521DB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727243
- People aboard: 52
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000430016339I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 30, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1847 CDT, RYAN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT 441, A BOEING 727-243, N521DB, LANDED AT KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, (MKC). AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED, A RYAN MECHANIC FOUND THE TAIL SKID PLATE WAS MISSING AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE AIRSTAIRS JUST AFT OF TAIL SKID.  PER NOAA NWS OBSERVATION RECORDS, THE WINDS AT THE TIME OF LANDING WERE 060 AT SIX KNOTS.  A CHECK OF LOG BOOK ON MAY 01, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1045 AM LOCAL TIME, FOUND NO WRITE-UP IN LOG BOOK INDICATING TAIL SKID OR AIRSTAIR DAMAGE.  LATER ON ARRIVAL OF MECHANIC, A ENTRY WAS MADE IN LOG BOOK.  AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO FLORIDA FOR REPAIR.

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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