Boeing 727-2M7 N742RW

Summary

On 31 August 2004 at about 01:05 local time, a Boeing 727-2M7 registered N742RW, operated by Custom Air Transport Inc, was involved in an accident near El Paso, Texas, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

31 August 2004 at 01:05

Classification

Accident

Location

El Paso, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

El Paso Intl (ELP)

Coordinates

31.8067, -106.3778

Aircraft

Boeing 727-2M7

Registration

N742RW

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Custom Air Transport Inc

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chihuahua → El Paso

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW04LA225

Nobody was injured.

The first officer's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were the captain's delayed remedial action and the crosswind.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 950-hour first officer was at the airplanes controls during the approach and initial touchdown of the airplane to runway 4 (a 12,010 foot long by 150 foot wide asphalt runway). The right wing dragged the runway while the airplane was on a heading of 050 degrees and in a 19-degree right wingtip low bank angle. A left correction was initiated and the airplane then rolled to a left wing low angle of 13 degrees and overshot the runway centerline back to the left. During the correction back to the right, the airplane bounced "hard" with the main landing gear touching down on the runway 2,150 feet beyond where the right wing dragged the ground. The 5,000-hour captain then took over the controls and completed a "safe" landing. The wind at the time of the accident was from 140 degrees at 07 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.