# Incident 19801216085529I: Doug DC863F, Dallas, TX, December 16, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1980, 21:45 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TIAA
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N872TV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC863F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801216085529I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON PUSH BACK THERE WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GROUND CREW AND FLIGHT CREW.PLANE STRUCK TOW MOTOR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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