# Incident 19811129085349I: Boeing 737297, Hilo, HI, November 29, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1981, 16:10 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Airport: Hilo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TSAA
- Location: 19.7203° N, 155.0485° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILO INTL (ITO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7203&lon=-155.0485&mi=10
- Aircraft: N726AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N726AL-2001-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-297 (registry code 1384480, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-297) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737297
- People aboard: 123
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 30,005 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811129085349I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT APPROACHED WRONG GATE. TURNED TOWARD CORRECT ONE BUT HIT JETWAY AT WRONG GATE.

## Other reports on N726AL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810429029699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810429029699I), Apr 29, 1981: Boeing 737297 (N726AL), Honolulu, HI, Substantial damage. Aborted takeoff due to right main tires blowing out.

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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