# Incident 19810908070589I: Boeing 737100, Newark, NJ, September 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1981, 07:02 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PEXA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411PE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737100
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 51
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 170 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810908070589I

## Narrative

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

#1 ENGINE STARTED AT GATE. GROUND CREWMAN OK'D TO START #1 AS AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM GATE,AIRCRAFT HIT TOW TRACTOR

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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