# Incident 20020430013159I: Boeing 727227, Des Moines, IA, April 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2002, 07:18 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: XN0A
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N793A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N793A-2008-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-227 (registry code 1384078, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- Pilot flight hours: 3,090 total, 850 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020430013159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE EXPRESS NET B-727 LANDED ON RUNWAY 13 AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT, DES MOINES, IA ON APRIL 30, 2002 AT 1218 Z. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED DOWN TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN LEFT ON TAXIWAY D1, WHEN THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN DEPARTED THE HARD SURFACE. THE FLIGHT CREW ALL STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT TAXI SPEED PRIOR TO TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY. MR. RICK GLEASON FROM THE DES MOINES TOWER STATED THAT EXPRESS NET LANDED ON RUNWAY 13 AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN LEFT ON TAXIWAY WHEN ABLE. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO BE AT TAXI SPEED PRIOR TO TAXIWAY D1. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N793A (1)

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

- [Incident 20050921031329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050921031329I), Sep 21, 2005: Boeing 727227 (N793A), Fort Wayne, IN. (-23) During climbout, flight crew noticed the loss "a" system hyd. Flightcrew declared an emergency. The a/c landed at Fort Wayne without incident.…

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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