19800902068109I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737281 · Jackson Heights, NJ · September 2, 1980

Date
September 2, 1980 · 21:20 local
Place
Jackson Heights, NJ
Airport
La Guardia
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAIA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N776N
Reported as
Boeing 737281
People aboard
99
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,191 total1,975 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 waiting for clearance was struck by free moving baggage cart.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAITING FOR CLEARANCE WAS STRUCK BY FREE MOVING BAGGAGE CART.