29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 10, 1979 · 12:18 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1973
Reported as
Boeing 727
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22,890 total8,000 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.
Aircraft struck a parked cargo loader while taxiing to gate. .
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PARKED CARGO LOADER WHILE TAXIING TO GATE. .