20030124006669I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 757-24APF · West Palm Beach, FL · January 24, 2003

Date
January 24, 2003 · 05:53 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Palm Beach International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
IPXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N440UP
Reported as
Boeing 75724APF
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total120 in this make and model121 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) First officer flying aircraft to landing at kpbi. Aircraft aft fuselage contacted ground during touchdown. Aircraft taxied to parking after landing without further incident. No injuries. Hard landing inspection of aircraft revealed scraping damage to the lower aft fuselage sheet metal skin between station 1720 to 1862 with damage specific at the 1720 bulkhead. There were at least four spots where the pressure skin had been abraded through. The aft VHF antenna and aft drain mast were broken and skin buckled around the drain mast area. ATCT reported winds at pbi at time of landing were 15 knots from 320 degrees. Pilots interviewed by ups cmt at louisville.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FIRST OFFICER FLYING AIRCRAFT TO LANDING AT KPBI. AIRCRAFT AFT FUSELAGE CONTACTED GROUND DURING TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO PARKING AFTER LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURIES. HARD LANDING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED SCRAPING DAMAGE TO THE LOWER AFT FUSELAGE SHEET METAL SKIN BETWEEN STATION 1720 TO 1862 WITH DAMAGE SPECIFIC AT THE 1720 BULKHEAD. THERE WERE AT LEAST FOUR SPOTS WHERE THE PRESSURE SKIN HAD BEEN ABRADED THROUGH. THE AFT VHF ANTENNA AND AFT DRAIN MAST WERE BROKEN AND SKIN BUCKLED AROUND THE DRAIN MAST AREA. ATCT REPORTED WINDS AT PBI AT TIME OF LANDING WERE 15 KNOTS FROM 320 DEGREES. PILOTS INTERVIEWED BY UPS CMT AT LOUISVILLE.