45.5235° N, 122.6762° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Portland, OR, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 19, 1982 · 23:35 local
Place
Portland, OR
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
REPA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N716RC
Reported as
Boeing 7272S7
People aboard
71
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22,000 total1,200 in this make and model150 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.
Pilot hit another aircraft as he was departing the gate. Wing walkers failed to guide aircraft properly.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT HIT ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AS HE WAS DEPARTING THE GATE. WING WALKERS FAILED TO GUIDE AIRCRAFT PROPERLY.