# Incident 20040206001159I: Boeing 727185C, Las Vegas, NV, February 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2004, 05:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N954UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N954UP-2008-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-185C (registry code 138406N, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-185c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727185C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040206001159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00AM LOCAL UPS FLT3890 ARRIVED AT LAS. AS EVERGREEN VENDORS MARSHALLED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE SPOT, THE RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK A PARKED A5 TRAILER 494601, SCRATCHING THE TRAILER CORNER AND DAMAGING THE AFT EDGE OF THE WINGTIP. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TURN INTO THE PARKING SPOT AND WAS STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE POINT OF CONTACT. DAMAGE: THE AFT PORTION OF THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING TIP HAS MINOR TO MODERATE SHEETMETAL DAMAGE (FAIRING CRUSHED FLAT, PUSHED INWARD ABOUT 4-6 INCHES). THE TRAILER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE SMALL SCRATCHES ON THE FRONT LEFT CORNER OF THE TRAILER BODY.

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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