# Incident 19810729054309I: Doug DC931, San Francisco, CA, July 29, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1981, 07:51 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REPA
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9340, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9340-2013-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 47
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,945 total, 3,805 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810729054309I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WING STRUCK CATERING TRUCK DURING PARKING AT GATE. GROUND PERSONNEL DID NOT SIGNAL CREW.

## Other reports on N9340 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840427022399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840427022399I), Apr 27, 1984: Doug DC931 (N9340), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Lost the outboard tire recap on rollout. Cause undetermined.
- [Incident 19780618046609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780618046609I), Jun 18, 1978: Doug DC931 (N9340), Las Vegas, NV. Aircraft encountered light to moderate turbulence on descent, causing minor injury to three passengers.

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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