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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bac 111215AU · Pittsburgh, PA · March 5, 1980

Date
March 5, 1980 · 20:10 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1131J
Reported as
Bac 111215AU
People aboard
58
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 baggage cart. Baggage cart tow handle latch defective, allowing brake to release.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO BAGGAGE CART. BAGGAGE CART TOW HANDLE LATCH DEFECTIVE, ALLOWING BRAKE TO RELEASE.

Other reports on N1131J · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.