FAA incident report · Boeing 727200 · Flushing, NY · September 21, 1978
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
While parked at gate vertical tail cone and elevator were struck by N4741 who was taxiing to gate.
WHILE PARKED AT GATE VERTICAL TAIL CONE AND ELEVATOR WERE STRUCK BY N4741 WHO WAS TAXIING TO GATE.