42.3314° N, 83.0458° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 10, 1982 · 21:05 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N701AA
Reported as
Boeing 727200
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,800 total5,163 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 hit snow ridge on side of taxiway which was closer to taxiway than in most other areas. Ridge was removed.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT HIT SNOW RIDGE ON SIDE OF TAXIWAY WHICH WAS CLOSER TO TAXIWAY THAN IN MOST OTHER AREAS. RIDGE WAS REMOVED.