25.7743° N, 80.1937° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 14, 1981 · 07:10 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N320EA
Reported as
Lkheed 1011*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 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.
Aircraft struck loading ramp while parking. Jetway ramp in wrong position. Only one ground man, gave wrong signals.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT STRUCK LOADING RAMP WHILE PARKING. JETWAY RAMP IN WRONG POSITION. ONLY ONE GROUND MAN, GAVE WRONG SIGNALS.