# Incident 19820127001569I: Cvac STC440T, Dallas Ft Worth, TX, January 27, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1982, 21:25 local time
- Place: Dallas Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SMBA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3412, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3412-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 640-340D (registry code 2422814, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-640-340d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART-542 series (registry code 54522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-542-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STC440T
- Reported engine: RROYCE DART5424
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,800 total, 650 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820127001569I

## Narrative

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

WING TIP STRUCK RAMP LOADER WHILE TAXIING TO PARK. NO GROUND CREW TO GUIDE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N3412 (1)

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

- [Incident 19940826033339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940826033339I), Aug 26, 1994: Cvac 640340D (N3412), Buffalo, NY, Minor damage. Engine fire on climbout. Returned. Found uncontained engine failure and fire. Cowling damaged.

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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