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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737/ · Dallas, TX · September 10, 1978

Date
September 10, 1978 · 12:25 local
Place
Dallas, TX
Airport
Regional
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7373F
Reported as
Boeing 737/
People aboard
66
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,740 total795 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 struck partially retracted jetway. Pilot thought he received signal to taxi ahead.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK PARTIALLY RETRACTED JETWAY. PILOT THOUGHT HE RECEIVED SIGNAL TO TAXI AHEAD.