# Incident 19791120044659I: Boeing 707123B, Tulsa, OK, November 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1979, 05:20 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AAL
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7588A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7588A-1983-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 707-123B (registry code 138360H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-123b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707123B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791120044659I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GROUND CREWMAN WEARING GROUND TO COCKPIT HEADSET KILLED BY LIGHTNING WHICH STRUCK AIRCRAFT DURING MAINTENANCE WORK.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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