# Incident 19780908018319I: Boeing 727235, Newark, NJ, September 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1978, 23:55 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4730, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4730-1994-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-235 (registry code 138408B, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727235
- People aboard: 83
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780908018319I

## Narrative

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

TAIL OF TAXIING AIRCRAFT STRUCK TAIL OF A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4730 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19801113079599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801113079599I), Nov 13, 1980: Boeing 727235 (N4730), Houston, TX. Landed safely with an unsafe gear indication. An electrical connector in the nose down lock switch failed.

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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