# Accident 20040830021459A: Boeing 7272M7, El Paso, TX, August 30, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2004, 19:24 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C7WA
- Location: 31.8067° N, 106.3778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8067&lon=-106.3778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N742RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N742RW-2008-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-2M7 (registry code 138407S, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-2m7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7272M7
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,822 total, 106 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040830021459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 30, 2004, AT 1905 MDT, A BOEING 727-2M7, N742RW, REGISTERED TO ART 21952 LLC AND OPERATED BY CUSTOM AIR TRANSPORT INCORPORATED, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE RIGHT WING DRAGGED ON THE RUNWAY ON LANDING AT EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EL PASO, TEXAS, WHILE ON A CARGO DELIVERY FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT, THE FLIGHT CREWMEMBERS PROCEEDED TO COMPLETE AN AIRCRAFT WALK AROUND TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT FLIGHT, WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT WING OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE SLAT, WING TIP, AND AILERON TRAILING EDGE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDED TO GIVE THE CREWMEMBERS A SOBRIETY TEST AND COLLECTED THEIR STATEMENTS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CHIHAUHAU, MEXICO, ON AUGUST 30, 2004, AT 1830 MDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW04LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA225), Aug 31, 2004: Boeing 727-2M7 (N742RW), El Paso, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The first officer's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were the captain's delayed remedial action and the crosswind.

## Other reports on N742RW (2)

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

- [Incident 20001028024229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001028024229I), Oct 28, 2000: Boeing 727200 (N742RW), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. (-23) During a/c push back, the tug lost power causing it's controls to lock up. The operator scraped the right front forward belly door with the tugs spot…
- [Incident 19890111007579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890111007579I), Jan 11, 1989: Boeing 7272M7 (N742RW), Memphis, TN. NR2 engine vibration and epa flucuation on rotation. Reduced power. Returned. Parts of plastic bag in engine.

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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