# Incident 20070223004699I: Boeing 727233, Norfolk, VA, February 23, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2007, 06:50 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N264FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N264FE-2015-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-233 (registry code 138408A, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-233) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727233
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 5,640 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070223004699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FEBRUARY 23, 2007 N264FE A B727-233 OPERATED BY FEDERAL EXPRESS EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NUMBER ONE LEADING EDGE SLAT. DAMAGE IS AN APPROXIMATE ONE INCH WIDE BY THREE INCH LONG SCRAP TO THE NUMBER ONE LEADING EDGE SLAT. THE LANDING OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 0650 ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 23, 2007. THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 5 AT NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH SURFACE WINDS FROM NORTHWEST APPROXIMATELY 330 DEGREES AT 22 TO 23 KNOTS WITH GUSTS. LEFT CROSSWIND COMPONENT OF APPROXIMATELY 22 KNOTS. DAMAGE WAS IDENTIFIED AND REPORTED BY THE FEDERAL EXPRESS GROUND MAINTENANCE AT ORF TO THE ORF CONTROL TOWER.

## Other reports on N264FE (1)

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

- [Incident 20051108031929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051108031929I), Nov 8, 2005: Boeing 727233 (N264FE), Newburgh, NY. (-23) On nov. 8, 2005 at approximately 0910 hrs local time fedex flight 3644 was en route from bos to ind at flight level 320 and diverted to swf after they…

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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