# Incident 20010414009589I: Boeing 7372E1, Medford, OR, April 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2001, 09:02 local time
- Place: Medford, OR
- Airport: Medford-Jackson County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 42.3360° N, 122.8518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medford, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3360&lon=-122.8518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N951UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N951UA-2005-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-522 (registry code 138449F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372E1
- People aboard: 32
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010414009589I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION THE SCHEDULED OUTBOUND CAPTAIN OF THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT GROUNDED THE AIRCRAFT WHEN HE DISCOVERED SCRAPING DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET INBOARD OF THE WING TIP. THE DAMAGE INCLUDED A HOLE IN THE COMPOSITE LEFT AILERON, A LONG CORDWISE SCRATCH ON NUMBER ONE LEADING EDGE SLAT, AND DENTS IN THREE COMPOSITE PANELS SURROUNDING LONG CHORDWISE SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT ON THE ALUMINUM UNDERSIDE WING PLANKS.  THE DISCREPANCIES WERE APPROPRIATELY RECORDED AND REPORTED.  A MAINTENANCE TEAM WAS FLOWN TO MEDFORD, WHERE THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED THE DAMAGED AILERON AND PREPARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FERRIED TO THE UALA MAINTENANCE BASE AT SFO WHERE PERMANENT REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED.  SUSEQUENT FAA INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DAMAGED WHNE THE IMPROPERLY MONITORED, UNREPORTED, LEFT WING WAS BRUSHED OVER A CABIN SERVICE TRUCK DURING PUSHBACK AT SFO GATE 76. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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