# Incident 19781026028492I: Doug DC863, Los Angeles, CA, October 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1978, 06:50 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FTL
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N871TV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC863
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79IA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79IA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781026028492I

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX79IA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79IA008), Oct 26, 1978: Douglas DC-8 (N871TV), Los Angeles, CA, incident, no damage

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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