# Incident 19811012085879I: Boeing 72725, St Louis, MO, October 12, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1981, 08:37 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8142N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72725
- People aboard: 46
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,216 total, 616 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC82DA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811012085879I

## Narrative

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

WING TIP STRUCT AND OVERTURNED A DUMP TRUCK WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. IMPACT SEVERLY DAMAGED WING. CONSTRUCTION AREA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC82DA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA002), Oct 12, 1981: Boeing 727 (N8142N), St Louis, MO, substantial damage

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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