# Incident 20080322837869I: Boeing 757225, March 22, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2008, 09:15 local time
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 37.5596° N, 77.3792° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5596&lon=-77.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921UW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N921UW-2011-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-225 (registry code 1384959, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757225
- People aboard: 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,825 total, 4,625 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA08IA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08IA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080322837869I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT ON FLIGHT 1250 (MCO-PHL) WAS SOUTHWEST OF NOTTINGHAM ON THE DUPONT ARRIVAL FOR PHL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD JOLT WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH 27,000 FEET.  THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (FA) DESCRIBED IT AS A "JOLT" OR "TWO BUMPS".  FA CONTACTED CAPTAIN FOR INFORMATION AND STATED A PERSON IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS A MAINTENANCE INDIVIDUAL REPORTED A PANEL HAD DEPARTED THE LEFT WING AND CRACKED THE PASSENGER WINDOW AT ROW 19A.  THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO PHL AND THE PILOT REPORTED THERE WERE NO OTHER PROBLEMS AND THAT HE REQUIRED NO ASSISTANCE.  FAA INSPECTOR ON SCENE IN PHL REPORTED THAT LEFT UPPER WING FIXED TRAILING EDGE SKIN PANEL HAD DEPARTED AIRFRAME SEVERING 2 HYDRAULIC BRAKE PRESSURE LINES TO THE LEFT GEAR.  ADDITIONALLY APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE OUTER (STRUCTURAL PANE OF THE PASSENGER WINDOW AT ROW 19A WAS MISSING LEAVING ONLY THE INTACT "FAIL-SAFE" INNER PANE AND INTERIOR COSMETIC 'REVEAL' IN PLACE.  THERE WERE SCUFF MARKS FROM THE PANEL RUBBING ALONG  THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE FROM THE WINDOW AT 19A AND CONTINUING ON FOR 3 ADDITIONAL WINDOWS WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT.  ADDITIONALLY THE AFT UPPER SECTION OF THE WINDOW FRAME AT 19A WAS DAMAGED AND BENT INWARDS.

## 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 DCA08IA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08IA048), Mar 22, 2008: Boeing 757-200 (N921UW), Richmond, VA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The installed wing panel clips failed due to fatigue, likely caused by the incorrect installation of the fasteners in response to SB 757-57-0027. Contributing to the incorrect installation was the…

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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