21.3069° N, 157.8583° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 8, 1978 · 16:55 local
Place
Honolulu, HI
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TSA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N70721
Reported as
Boeing 737/
People aboard
102
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.
Driver of stolen auto crashed through ramp gate. Damaged airstair and door of boarding aircraft. Driver arrested
As the FAA filed it
DRIVER OF STOLEN AUTO CRASHED THROUGH RAMP GATE. DAMAGED AIRSTAIR AND DOOR OF BOARDING AIRCRAFT. DRIVER ARRESTED