# Incident 20140626011349I: Boeing 727-277, Laredo, TX, June 26, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2014, 05:50 local time
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VGCA
- Location: 27.5064° N, 99.5075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laredo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5064&lon=-99.5075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N251FL-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-277 (registry code 138408S, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-277) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-277
- Reported engine: P & W JT8D-15
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,499 total, 3,412 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140626011349I

## Narrative

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

THIRD CREW MEMBER ON AIRCRAFT WAS THE FLIGHT ENGINEER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DOB IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  HIS HIRE DATE IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TOTAL TIME 11,382, TIME IN TYPE 3,941, HOURS IN LAST YEAR 390, HOURS IN LAST 90 DAYS 92, REGULATORY CHECK RIDE 6/29/2014.

INFORMATION FROM THE LAREDO AIRPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT:

INCIDENT NUMBER 14-0036 ?ON THURSDAY JUNE 26, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 0648 A.M. I ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING A WEST PERIMETER CHECK ON THE FLIGHT LINE AND WAS WAIVED DOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AN EMPLOYEE OF AREOCENTER.  HE ADVISED THAT THERE WAS AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAD STRUCK A LADDER AND CAUSED SOME DAMAGES TO THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF THE FIS RAMP AREA.  AT 0649 A.M. I ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AND NOTICED CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAMAGES AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE PHOTOS TAKEN.  THE AIRCRAFT A BOEING 727-200 FROM IFL GROUP COMPANY (248-666-9713) WAS HEADED TO LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY AND WAS COMING FROM SALTILLO MEXICO WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE AIRCRAFT  WAS OCCUPIED BY CPT. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CO PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  AIRPORT DIRECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ADVISED OF THIS INCIDENT AS WELL AS AIRPORT POLICE CHIEF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ?

THE CREW BEGAN THEIR FLIGHT SEQUENCE IN SAN DIEGO, CA (SAN), WITH THE FLIGHT GOING TO SALTILLO, MEXICO (MMIO) TO LAREDO, TX (LRD) TO CLEAR CUSTOMS AND CONTINUE TO LOUISVILLE, KY (SDF).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE WEST RAMP IN LRD, NORMAL PROCEDURES DOES NOT UTILIZE A GUIDE PERSON/MARSHALER UPON ENTRY TO THE RAMP OR DISPATCH FROM THE RAMP AREA.  THE STOPOVER IN  LRD WAS PLANNED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR TO CLEAR CUSTOMS ONLY.

THE USE OF STAIRS TO THE L-1 DOOR IS A NORMAL OPERATION.  THE FLIGHT ENGINEER CLOSES THE L-1 DOOR FOR NORMAL DISPATCH PROCEDURES.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED FOR DEPARTURE WITHOUT THE STAIRS BEING REMOVED FROM THE L-1 DOOR AREA.  THAT RESULTED IN A CREASE AT APPROXIMATELY WATER LINE (WL) 208.1 FROM AFT OF THE L-1 DOOR TO FORWARD OF THE LEFT WING ROOT.  ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WERE DENTS AND HOLES IN THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, PUNCTURE OF THE FAIRING OUTBOARD OF THE LEFT PACK INLET COOLING DUCT, AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR OUTBOARD DOOR DAMAGED.

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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