# Accident 20050627013759A: Boeing 727230, San Diego, CA, June 27, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2005, 18:12 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: San Diego International-Lindbergh Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C8GA
- Location: 32.7336° N, 117.1897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7336&lon=-117.1897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N357KP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N357KP-2019-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-230 (registry code 1384080, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-230) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727230
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,900 total, 1,935 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050627013759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 27, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 HRS PDT, A B-727, N357KP, OPERATED BY CAPITAL AIR CARGO (C8GA), WAS PUSHED BACK BY A TUG TO A POSITION WHERE THE ENGINES COULD SAFELY BE STARTED PRIOR TO FLIGHT. ENGINES 1&2 WERE SUCCESSFULLY STARTED. AS THE 1ST OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO START THE #3 ENGINE THEY OBSERVED THE OIL PRESSURE RISE ON #3. THE CREW HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE ANOTHER ACFT "STARTING UP OR COMING UP ON THE POWER." AT THAT TIME THE FLIGHT ENGINEER OBSERVED THAT THE #2 THROTTLE WAS IN THE FULL FOREWARD POSITION. THE FLIGHT ENGINEER YELLED TO SHUT THE ENGINES DOWN. ENGINES 1&2 WERE SHUT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE TUG LURCHED FORWARD ACROSS THE TOW BAR AND IMPACTED THE TUG. THE 1ST OFFICER CONTINUED TO CRANK #3 ENGINE TO ENSURE THERE WAS NO RESIDUAL FUEL THAT COULD START A FIRE. THE CREW SHUT DOWN #3 AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT CREW CHECKED WITH THE GROUND CREW TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS HURT. (THIS AIRCRAFT HAD MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE #2 ENGINE THROTTLE LINKAGE PRIOR TO ENGINE START. THE FLIGHT CREW AGREED TO OPERATIONALLY CHECK THE #2 ENGINE PRIOR TO FLIGHT). DRUG/ALCOHOL TESTS WERE TAKEN ON ALL ENGINE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. THE RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.

## 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 LAX05LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA218), Jun 28, 2005: Boeing 727-230 (N357KP), San Diego, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the inadvertent throttle movement by one of the flight crew and the captain's inadequate supervision during the engine start sequence.

## Other reports on N357KP (1)

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

- [Incident 19960807030169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960807030169I), Aug 7, 1996: Boeing 727230 (N357KP), Newark, NJ, Minor damage. Narrative: at 1320 zulu, 08/07/96, flight #2, mdw-ewr, experienced a runaway beverage cart on landing rollout. When engine reversers were applied on landing…

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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