# Accident 20051022028229A: Boeing 727225, San Antonio, TX, October 22, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2005, 19:40 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CIHA
- Location: 29.5336° N, 98.4697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5336&lon=-98.4697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N679MG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N679MG-2008-07-10) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,905 total, 3,905 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051022028229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF CHAMPION FLIGHT 2701 CALLED GROUND CONTROL FOR TAXI FROM PIEDMONT NORTH FBO. THE TOWER TAPE INDICATES HE WAS GIVEN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO RUNWAY 12R, WITH NO TAXIWAY SPECIFIED. AS THE PLANE DEPARTED THE RAMP, THE PIC ELECTED TO USE THE HOTEL TAXIWAY. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO TAXI PAST THE ZULU TAXIWAY, WHICH IS THE LAST TAXIWAY WITH ACCESS TO THE RUNWAY. THE TOWER OBSERVED HE HAD PROCEEDED TOO FAR. THE TOWER ASKED IF HE COULD MANEUVER OR IF THEY SHOULD SEND A TUG TO ASSIST REPOSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC ELECTED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. PRIOR TO TURNING LEFT HE WAS OBSERVED ATTEMPTING TO POWER BACK THE AIRCRAFT ON THEHOTEL TAXIWAY. THE PIC ABANDONED THAT MANEUVER WHEN IT APPEARED HE COULD NOT GET ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE ZULU TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED A SHORT DISTANCE ON HOTEL AND MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO THE RAMP ACCESS ROAD TO SECURITY AIRPARK. THE PIC TAXIED UP A SHORT INCLINE. THE AIRCRAFT IS NOW LOCATED ON A PORTION OF THE SECURITY AIRPARK APRON WHICH IS NOT STRESSED FOR A B-727, NOR IS THERE SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR A SAFE TURN. THE PIC DID NOT STOP, NOR CALL THE TOWER FOR ASSISTANCE. WITNESSES OBSERVED HIS ACTIONS TO TURN THE AIRPLANE AROUND. THEY INCLUDED AN UNMONITORED POWER BACK TO WITHIN TWENTY FEET OF A GENERAL AVIATION HANGAR. THE PIC UTILIZED FORWARD THRUST TO STOP THE POWER BACK AND MOVE THE AIRPLANE FORWARD. THE THRUST WAS EXCESSIVE, AND DID SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE HANGAR, ITS CONTENTS AND INJURED AN OCCUPANT IN THE HANGAR.

## 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 DFW06LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA024), Oct 23, 2005: Boeing 727-225 (N679MG), San Antonio, TX, no damage. Probable cause: The captain's improper decision to maneuver a transport category airplane in a confined and unapproved area with engine thrust, which resulted in ground damage and personal injury to an individual.

## Other reports on N679MG (1)

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

- [Incident 20041029028789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041029028789I), Oct 29, 2004: Boeing 727225 (N679MG), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Minor damage. (-23) On 10/29/04 at approx 2221 local N679MG, a Boeing 727-225 aircraft was departing Raleigh-Durham airport (rdu) and was enroute to parkersburg, WV (pkb)…

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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