FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · San Francisco, CA · July 29, 1981
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft wing struck catering truck during parking at gate. Ground personnel did not signal crew.
AIRCRAFT WING STRUCK CATERING TRUCK DURING PARKING AT GATE. GROUND PERSONNEL DID NOT SIGNAL CREW.
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.