40.7654° N, 73.8174° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Flushing, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 17, 1978 · 08:20 local
Place
Flushing, NY
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3334L
Reported as
Doug DC9
People aboard
63
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.
Aircraft received damage to stabilizer tip after striking another plane which was parked wrong.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO STABILIZER TIP AFTER STRIKING ANOTHER PLANE WHICH WAS PARKED WRONG.