33.7490° N, 84.3880° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 23, 1980 · 07:21 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Hartsfield
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N331EA
Reported as
Lkheed 1011/
People aboard
108
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 taxiied in gate without guidance and struck unattended pickup truck parked in gate area.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT TAXIIED IN GATE WITHOUT GUIDANCE AND STRUCK UNATTENDED PICKUP TRUCK PARKED IN GATE AREA.