727 Pirouette?
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727 Pirouette?
Can someone please explain the mechanics of this incident. Is it saying a 727 was spun 360 degrees on a taxyway?
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** Report created 7/30/2004 Record 1 **
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 8609X Make/Model: B727 Description: B-727
Date: 07/29/2004 Time: 2330
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: BILLINGS State: MT Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT, A FEDEX B727, LANDED AT BILLINGS, MT AND WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO
PARKING. ACFT POWERED UP TO PARK ON STEEL PLATE AND JET WASH SPUN ACFT 360
DEGREES ON TAXIWAY. UNKN DAMAGE TO LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR. BILLINGS, MT
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 3 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: NOT REPORTED
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** Report created 7/30/2004 Record 1 **
************************************************************ ********************
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 8609X Make/Model: B727 Description: B-727
Date: 07/29/2004 Time: 2330
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: BILLINGS State: MT Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT, A FEDEX B727, LANDED AT BILLINGS, MT AND WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO
PARKING. ACFT POWERED UP TO PARK ON STEEL PLATE AND JET WASH SPUN ACFT 360
DEGREES ON TAXIWAY. UNKN DAMAGE TO LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR. BILLINGS, MT
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 3 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: NOT REPORTED
Trash du Blanc
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: KBHM
All Fedex aircraft registration numbers end in "FE".
The aircraft described must have been hit by the blast from a parking Fedex 727. Billings ramp is steep, and huge amounts of power are required if you can't carry enough speed into it.
The writer's command of the King's english is striking, isn't it?
The aircraft described must have been hit by the blast from a parking Fedex 727. Billings ramp is steep, and huge amounts of power are required if you can't carry enough speed into it.
The writer's command of the King's english is striking, isn't it?
Not Manchester
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 506
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From: Salford
All Fedex aircraft registration numbers end in "FE".
The ATR42s seem to have been allocated serials ending in "FX".
