61.2181° N, 149.9003° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 29, 1978 · 10:00 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FTLX
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N803
Reported as
Boeing 747/
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
While taxiing, an engine pod hit ahigh snowbank. Engine damaged due to injection of ice and snow.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE TAXIING, AN ENGINE POD HIT AHIGH SNOWBANK. ENGINE DAMAGED DUE TO INJECTION OF ICE AND SNOW.