19800217026609I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Pittsburgh, PA · February 17, 1980

Date
February 17, 1980 · 20:25 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9515
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
102
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.

Aircraft taxied into fence & embankment causing damage to left wing & cyclone fence.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO FENCE & EMBANKMENT CAUSING DAMAGE TO LEFT WING & CYCLONE FENCE.