Boeing 727-233 N269FE

Summary

On 22 December 1998 at about 05:15 local time, a Boeing 727-233 registered N269FE, operated by Federal Express Corporation, was involved in an accident near Denver, Colorado, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 December 1998 at 05:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Denver, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Denver International (DEN)

Coordinates

39.8510, -104.7003

Aircraft

Boeing 727-233

Registration

N269FE

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Federal Express Corporation

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Los Angeles

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN99LA027

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A tug was pushing the aircraft back from the gate when the wheels of the airplane got stuck in snow. The tow bar shear pin, designed to break under excessive loads, snapped in half. The tug struck the airplane, breaking its windshield and causing damage to the aircraft's radome and forward pressure bulkhead. Airport operations personnel are responsible for the removal of snow. According to a ramp manager from the Federal Express Corporation, the snow bank in which the aircraft became mired was 12-16 inches from both the ramp and service road. He stated that the snow should have been plowed but allowed to accrue in that location.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.