# Incident 20030124006669I: Boeing 75724APF, West Palm Beach, FL, January 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2003, 05:53 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N440UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N440UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-24APF (registry code 1384969, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-24apf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 75724APF
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 120 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030124006669I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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