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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727227 · New York, NY · November 17, 1981

Date
November 17, 1981 · 19:54 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
La Guardia
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N720AA
Reported as
Boeing 727227
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,530 total4,370 in this make and model152 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.

Taxiing to gate. Pilot turned too soon and hit fuel truck. Enforcement action pending.

As the FAA filed it

TAXIING TO GATE. PILOT TURNED TOO SOON AND HIT FUEL TRUCK. ENFORCEMENT ACTION PENDING.