# Incident 20030816024099I: Boeing 7272M7, Guadalajara, Mexico, August 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2003, 11:33 local time
- Place: Guadalajara, Mexico
- Airport: Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DHLA
- Aircraft: N750DH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7272M7
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D*
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 9,600 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/20030816024099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CREW ENCOUNTERED TAIL STRIKE DURING LANDING. POST FLIGHT INDICATED THAT THE TAIL SKID WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED, #2 ENGINE REVERSERS WERE DAMAGED. WX DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR, MMGL 161557Z 000KT 4SM HZ SCT80 18/15 A3024.

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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