# Incident 20001120022069I: Boeing 727227, Boston, MA, November 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2000, 06:06 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N779AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N779AT-2018-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-227 (registry code 1384078, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 106
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001120022069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICAN TRANS AIR FLIGHT 592, B727, AT THE GATE AT BOSTON, WAS STRUCK BY A CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE (RUBBER TIRED FRONT END BUCKET LOADER) AT 0606 EST, 11/20/00. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE RIGHT WINGTIP, TRAILING EDGE. NO INJURIES TO 99 PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND SEVEN CREW. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT REAR TRAILING EDGE OF THE WING TIP. THE LOGBOOK STATED:"DAMAGE BETWEEN STINGER LIGHT AND TIP OF RIGHT WING TRAILING EDGE, TRAILING EDGE BENT UP FOUR INCHES, COMPOSITES CRACKED, AND BROKEN, LOG PAGE 219762". THE WING TIP WAS REPLACED. DISTRIBUTION: AFS-620-ORIGINAL, CC: ANE-230, NE-01SPM, NE-01 FILE, ANM-100, NTSB, CERTIFICATE HOLDING DISTRICT OFFICE (CHDO) FOR AMERICAN TRANS AIR (AMTA) INDIANAPOLIS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (GL11) 8303 WEST SOUTHERN AVENUE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46241.

## Other reports on N779AT (1)

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

- [Incident 19990627039309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990627039309I), Jun 27, 1999: Boeing 727227 (N779AT), St Petersburg-C, FL. On June 27, 199, at 0230 EST, a Boeing 727, N779AT operated by American trans air lost a block off plate during climb out, the aircraft was not damaged and no…

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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