35.0527° N, 78.8784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayetteville, NC, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 19, 1978 · 07:43 local
Place
Fayetteville, NC
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAI
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N834
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
39
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,997 total2,985 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.
This aircraft struck a parked plane while parking at the gate. The other aircraft was not parked in proper spot.
As the FAA filed it
THIS AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PARKED PLANE WHILE PARKING AT THE GATE. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PARKED IN PROPER SPOT.