# Incident 19810307017049I: Doug DC9, Kalamazoo, MI, March 7, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1981, 06:00 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Kalamazoo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REPA
- Location: 42.2752° N, 85.5885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2752&lon=-85.5885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total, 600 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/19810307017049I

## Narrative

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

AFTER ENGINE START, AIRCRAFT SLOWLY MOVED AHEAD AND STRUCK A TUG.

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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