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

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?

8609X is a Cessna 180[code]N-number : N8609X
Aircraft Serial Number: 18051009
Aircraft Manufacturer: CESSNA
Model : 180D
Engine Manufacturer : CONT MOTOR
Model: O-470 SERIES
Aircraft Year: 1961

Not quite. There is a block of ex-KAL A300B4-622s that have serials ending in "FD" - ie, N716FD to N723FD, as do a couple of A310s.

The ATR42s seem to have been allocated serials ending in "FX".

I don’t know if it is all that strange, the first time I landed a 72 it tried to do that.:cool: