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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 72725 · Raleigh, NC · March 21, 1982

Date
March 21, 1982 · 23:50 local
Place
Raleigh, NC
Airport
Raleigh-Durham
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
AERA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8138N
Reported as
Boeing 72725
People aboard
3
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.

Turning away from jetway during taxi initiation the aircraft contacted the jetway. Misunderstood ground signals.

As the FAA filed it

TURNING AWAY FROM JETWAY DURING TAXI INITIATION THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE JETWAY. MISUNDERSTOOD GROUND SIGNALS.