# Incident 20040927023879I: Boeing 727225, Boston, MA, September 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2004, 22:18 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DHLA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N748DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N748DH-2017-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040927023879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A DHL DELIVERY VAN DROVE AROUND THE RIGHT WING TIP OF THE DHL 727-200 TOWARDS THE AFT CARGO DOOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOSTLY LOADED WITH THE FLIGHT CREW ON BOARD. THE VAN FIRST DROVE INTO THE LOADING AREA BEHIND THE WING NOSE FIRST, THEN CONTINUED IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION TOWARDS THE RIGHT WINGTIP, THUS POSITIONING ITSELF TO BACK UP TO THE AFT CARGO DOOR. THE TOP FRONT OF THE DELIVERY TRUCK STRUCK THE RIGHT AILERON OF THE 727. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH APPEARED LIMITED TO THE AILERON, AND LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK.

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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