40.7608° N, 111.8910° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 2, 1980 · 11:25 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7379F
Reported as
Boeing 7372C0
People aboard
35
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total4,500 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.
Engines started with external APU. Then chocks removed. Aircraft rolled forward striking ground power unit.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINES STARTED WITH EXTERNAL APU. THEN CHOCKS REMOVED. AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD STRIKING GROUND POWER UNIT.