# Incident 20071216830399I: Boeing 727243, Newark, NJ, December 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2007, 21:20 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: QPRB
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N615PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N615PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-243 (registry code 138408D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-243) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A (registry code 51729, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727243
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071216830399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N615PA, A B727 WAS PARKED ON THE CARGO RAMP OUTSIDE BUILDING #340. DURING STRONG GUSTING WINDS A CARGO CONTAINER WAS BLOWN INTO THE FUSELAGE ABOUT 16" AFT OF THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR CAUSING A PUNCTURE APPROXIMATELY 1" X 1". THE FLIGHT CREW WAS ON BOARD AWAITING PASSENGERS WHO WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 20 MINUTES FROM ARRIVING AT THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT CREW DID NOT FEEL THE IMPACT AND THE INCIDENT AND DAMAGE WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION BY THE GROUND CREW. AN INTERIM REPAIR WAS PERFORMED PER THE STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL (SRM) REFERENCE 53-30-03, FIGURE 25. THE INTERIM REPAIR CALLS FOR INSPECTION EVERY 3000 CYCLES AND IS TO BE PERMANENTLY REPAIRED 10,000 CYCLES.

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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