# Incident 19810916067189I: Cvac STCAPJC, Smyrna, TN, September 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1981, 04:55 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ISAA
- Location: 36.0090° N, 86.5201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMYRNA (MQY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0090&lon=-86.5201&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR150 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STCAPJC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,330 total, 2,038 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/19810916067189I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIING TO FREIGHT RAMP, WAS BLINDED BY BRIGHT LIGHTS, HIT A CARGO LOADING RAMP PARKED IN DARKER AREA.

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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