44.9800° N, 93.2638° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 14, 1979 · 09:55 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
St Paul International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
OZA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N998
Reported as
Doug DC9
People aboard
48
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.
On final taxi to gate wing leading edge slat struck parked tug.
As the FAA filed it
ON FINAL TAXI TO GATE WING LEADING EDGE SLAT STRUCK PARKED TUG.