19781019030649I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 707-131B · Los Angeles, CA · October 19, 1978

Date
October 19, 1978 · 13:00 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N798TW
Reported as
Boeing 707131B
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.

Pilot struck refueling truck with wing tip. Truck had overshot stop sign. Had stopped. Then stalled.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STRUCK REFUELING TRUCK WITH WING TIP. TRUCK HAD OVERSHOT STOP SIGN. HAD STOPPED. THEN STALLED.