# Incident 19780509032769I: Doug DC10/, Anchorage, AK, May 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1978, 22:35 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WAL
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68054, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68054-2024-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-10F (registry code 3022112, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-10-10f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-6D (registry code 30076, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC10/
- People aboard: 167
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78IA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78IA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780509032769I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT TAXIING TO GATE TRUCK IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED JETWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC78IA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78IA036), May 9, 1978: Douglas DC-10 (N68054), Anchorage, AK, incident, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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