19800210028769I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Knoxville, TN · February 10, 1980

Date
February 10, 1980 · 09:15 local
Place
Knoxville, TN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7021N
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
39
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,233 total223 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 movable loading ramp with left wing tip during taxi. The ramp was in its normal position.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A MOVABLE LOADING RAMP WITH LEFT WING TIP DURING TAXI. THE RAMP WAS IN ITS NORMAL POSITION.