19781204022349I

Incident · Damage unknown

FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · Columbus, GA · December 4, 1978

Date: December 4, 1978 · 14:04 local
Place: Columbus, GA
Airport: Metro
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: EAL
Damage: Damage unknown
Aircraft: N8959E
Reported as: Doug DC9
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8959ERegistration cancelled Aug 26, 1994 · Douglas DC-9-31S/N 47157 Airframe modelDouglas DC-9-31

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.

While departing the ramp area, the pilot scraped and scratched the tail of a parked DC9.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE DEPARTING THE RAMP AREA, THE PILOT SCRAPED AND SCRATCHED THE TAIL OF A PARKED DC9.

Other reports on N8959E · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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