# Incident 20000627032909I: Boeing 727222, Columbia, SC, June 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2000, 06:57 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RYNA
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7643U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7643U-2008-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 8,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000627032909I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT DURING LANDING HE WAS SLIGHTLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY, HE MADE A RIGHT HAND CORRECTION AND LANDED NORMAL. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THE RIGHT WING HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE SLAT AND WING TIP.

## Other reports on N7643U (2)

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

- [Incident 19910807036379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910807036379I), Aug 7, 1991: Boeing 727222 (N7643U), Des Moines, IA, Minor damage. Inboard tires locked on landing due to failure of anti skid system.
- [Incident 19900816045649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900816045649I), Aug 16, 1990: Boeing 727222 (N7643U), Buffalo, NY. System a hydraulic failure. Extended gear manually. Landed safely. Replaced 2 hydraulic pumps.

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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