# Incident 20120328029199I: Boeing 737-73V, Arlington, VA, March 28, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2012, 11:15 local time
- Place: Arlington, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SCNA
- Location: 38.8783° N, 77.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arlington, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8783&lon=-77.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711SY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711SY-2020-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-73V (registry code 1384540, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-73v) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B20 series (registry code 13042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-73V
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B20
- People aboard: 124
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,050 total, 5,427 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120328029199I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 28, 2012, AT 1011 EDT, SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES FLIGHT SCX 265, A BOEING 737-700 N711SY, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT, VA. (DCA).  ON TAXIING IN TO GATE 1, SCX 265 PASSED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AN AIRPORT FIRE TRUCK THAT WAS ENGAGED IN TRAINING DRILLS IN FRONT OF HANGAR 2.  AFTER THE FIRE TRUCK RETURNED TO THE FIRE HOUSE, FIRE FIGHTERS DISCOVERED DAMAGE TO A HAND RAIL ON TOP OF THE TRUCK.  THE FIRE CHIEF NOTIFIED SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES GATE AGENTS THAT THEY HAD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT CONTACT HAD BEEN MADE WITH THEIR AIRCRAFT.  SUN COUNTRY OPERATIONS ORDERED THE AIRCRAFT TO RETURN TO THE GATE.  INSPECTION REVEALED THAT CONTACT HAD BEEN MADE AND DISCOVERED TWO SCRATCHES IN THE METAL OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING.  THE SCRATCHES WERE: ONE FOUR AND ONE HALF INCHES AND ONE PARALLEL EIGHT INCHES, BOTH WERE A DEPTH OF 0.0225 INCHES.  SUN COUNTRY CONDUCTED REQUIRED INSPECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SRM 57-42-01-1A-1, BUFFED THE SCRATCHES AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.

THIS CASE IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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