19790621016999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Denver, CO · June 21, 1979

Date
June 21, 1979 · 12:23 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Stapleton International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
BNF
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N422BN
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79IA045
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
49
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total500 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.

Taxiway under construction, not notamed. Captain watching nearby trucks struck a backhoe with left slat.

As the FAA filed it

TAXIWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, NOT NOTAMED. CAPTAIN WATCHING NEARBY TRUCKS STRUCK A BACKHOE WITH LEFT SLAT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.