# Incident 20030712018339I: Boeing E75, Tacoma, WA, July 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2003, 15:50 local time
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Airport: Mcchord Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1377° N, 122.4760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at McChord Air Force Base (TCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1377&lon=-122.4760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68828, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing E75 (registry code 1380120, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING E75
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030712018339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PERFORMING AN INVERTED RIBBON CUT AT AN AIRSHOW. HE MADE SEVERAL PASSES UNDER THE RIBBON PRIOR TO THE RIBBON CUT. AIRCRAFT WING TIP STRUCK ONE OF THE RIBBON SUPPORT POLES DURING THE FINAL PASS. THE RIBBON WAS CUT.

## Other reports on N68828 (1)

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

- [Accident 20140504007229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140504007229A), May 4, 2014: Boeing E75 (N68828), Fairfield, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On may 4, 2014 I was the iic for the Travis Afb airshow named thunder over solano. I observed Mr. Eddie andreini flying a sterman (Boeing E75) N68828 as a…

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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