# Incident 20190625024339I: Boeing 727-224, Lexington, KY, June 25, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2019, 11:50 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: K11A
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N725CK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N725CK-2026-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-224
- Reported engine: P & W JT8D-15
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190625024339I

## Narrative

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

THIS AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 22 AT LEXINGTON AIRPORT IN DAYLIGHT VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS AND EXPERIENCED A TAIL STRIKE. CAPTAIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING. BOTH THE FE AND FO ADVISED THE CA TO GO AROUND ON SHORT FINAL DUE TO A HIGH SINK RATE. THE CA CHOSE TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH AND LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE GATE. FLIGHT OPERATIONS WAS NOTIFIED THAT A TAIL STRIKE HAD OCCURRED . UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE TAILSKID, LOWER EMPENNAGE AND VHF ANTENNA. SEVERAL AIRCRAFT PARTS WERE RECOVERED FROM THE RUNWAY.

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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