37.7750° N, 122.4194° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 3, 1981 · 15:15 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7363U
Reported as
Boeing 727200
People aboard
42
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total1,300 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days
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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Wing tip struck blast fence while moving aircraft to allow another aircraft to enter penalty box.
As the FAA filed it
WING TIP STRUCK BLAST FENCE WHILE MOVING AIRCRAFT TO ALLOW ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TO ENTER PENALTY BOX.