19781026028492I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC863 · Los Angeles, CA · October 26, 1978

Date
October 26, 1978 · 06:50 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FTL
Collision
Midair collision, second aircraft
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N871TV
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79IA008
Reported as
Doug DC863
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While taxiing on runway the pilot okayed an overhead low pass by FAA flight inspection aircraft. Top of tail hit.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING ON RUNWAY THE PILOT OKAYED AN OVERHEAD LOW PASS BY FAA FLIGHT INSPECTION AIRCRAFT. TOP OF TAIL HIT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.