35.4676° N, 97.5164° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 28, 1982 · 07:25 local
Place
Oklahoma City, OK
Airport
Will Rogers
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8123
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
21
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.
Pilot struck another parked aircraft as he was being pushed back from gate. Wing watchers were being used.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT STRUCK ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT AS HE WAS BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE. WING WATCHERS WERE BEING USED.