# Incident 20010411007029I: Boeing 727290, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, April 11, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2001, 05:57 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C1HA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N294AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N294AS-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-290 (registry code 138408W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-290) (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 727290
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010411007029I

## Narrative

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

(-23)FLT#815, UPON ARRIVAL AT PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO,^PRIVACY DATA^, A SERVICE EMPLOYEE, WAS GREETED BY BAGGAGE HANDLERS WHEN THEY OPENED THE REAR CARGO COMPARTMENT. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA^, A BAGGAGE HANDLER,WAS ACCIDENTALLY LOCKED IN THE AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT OF A CHAMPION AIR B-727 AND HAD PUNCHED A "HALF DOLLAR" SIZED HOLE IN THE SKIN OF THE AIRCRAFT SO THAT HE COULD BREATHE AFTER UNSUCCESSFULLY TRYING TO MAKE THE CREW REALIZE HE WAS THERE.  HE RETURNED TO DFW THE SAME DAY.  FAA INSPECTORS (DFW FSDO) PERSONALLY INTERVIEWED ^PRIVACY DAT^, RAMP SUPERVISOR ^PRIVACY DATA ^, GENERAL MANAGER ^PRIVACY DA^, AND CHAMPION AIR STATION MANAGER ^PRIVACY DA^.  REPORTS FROM FOOR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ON FLIGHT 815 WERE OBTAINED.  THE INSPECTORS TELEPHONED  ^PRIVACY DATA^, CHAMPION AIR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND ^PRIVACY D^, FAA CHAMPION AIR POI VIA WHOM THE PILOT CREWMEMBER REPORTS WERE FAXED TO DFW FSDO  FOR REVIEW.  MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR THE B-727, N294AS, REVEALED PROPER INSPECTION AND SUBSEQUENT FERRY OF THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO OKC FOR REPAIRS.  THE FAA HAS DETERMINED THAT THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE DID NOT SUBSTANTIATE ANY VIOLATION OF THE FAR'S.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSE D.

## Other reports on N294AS (1)

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

- [Incident 20030223006029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030223006029I), Feb 23, 2003: Boeing 727290 (N294AS), Montego Bay, JM. (-23) After takeoff from Montego Bay (mbj) "a" system hydraulic fluid leaded out. Emergency was declared and com procedures were followed. Flight returned to…

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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