# Incident 20010513013399I: Boeing 727227, Asheville, NC, May 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2001, 10:40 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N783AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N783AT-2005-02-16) (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: 178
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010513013399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/13/01, AMERICAN TRANS AIR OPERATED A CHARTER FLIGHT 6919 FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF THIS CHARTER.  PRIOR TO LANDING, THE CREW WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD BE PARKED AT THE NORTH RAMP OF THE ASHEVILLE PASSENGER TERMINAL.  THE CREW LANDED THE AIRCRAFT, A BOEING 727-227 AND ACCOMPLIWHED A TWO-ENGINE TAXI, PER COMPANY PROCEDURES, TO THE NORTH RAMP AREA.  THE CREW EXITED THE TAXIWAY AND ENTERED THE NORTH RAMP.  AN ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES (ASA), ATR 72, N631AS, A US AIRWAYS AIRSTAIR TRUCK, AND OTHER GROUND EQUIPMENT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP.  THE CREW LOCATED THE MARSHALLER ASSIGNED TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT.  THE MARSHALLER DIRECTED THE CREW PAST THE ASA ATR 72 AND INSTRUCTED THE CREW TO MAKE A LEFT TURN.  THE CREW TURNED THE NOSE WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND APPLIED POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINES.  THE JET BLAST PRODUCED BY THE APPLICATION OF POWER RESULTED IN PICKING UP THE NOSE OF THE ASA, ATR72 SETTING THE AIRCRAFT ON IT'S TAIL BUMPER AND ROTATING THE AIRCRAFT 30 DEGREES TO RIGHT OF IT'S ORIGINAL PARKED POSTION. THE JET BLAST FURTHER BLEW OVER AN OCCUPIED AIRSTAIR TRUCK AND DISPLACED ASSORTED GROUN D EQUIPMENT ON THE RAMP. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAIL CONE, THE TAIL BUMPER, AND AFT AIRSTAIR DOOR OF THE ASA, ATR 72 WAS SUSTAINED. A MAINTAINED FERRY TO ACCOMPLISH REPAIRS WAS REQUIRED.  THE AIRSTAIR TRUCK NEEDED TO BE RIGHTED.  THE OCCUPANT OF THE TRUCK WAS NOT INJURED.  ARTICLES OF GROUND EQUIPMENT SUSTAINED DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N783AT (1)

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

- [Incident 20010407005849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010407005849I), Apr 7, 2001: Boeing 727227 (N783AT), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) On April 7, 2001, at 1209 E/1609Z, amta flight #594, a B-727, N783AT, s/n 2200, diverted to pit due to a fire warning light. During cruise at FL310,…

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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