# Incident 19830119003429I: Boeing 72731, St Louis, MO, January 19, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1983, 08:14 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N855TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N855TW-2002-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-31 (registry code 1384010, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72731
- People aboard: 38
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19830119003429I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT WING STRUCK A CARGO LOADER TAXIING TO GATE. HAD ONE WING WALKER. CARGO LOADER INCORRECTLY PARKED.

## Other reports on N855TW (5)

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

- [Incident 19871103072039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871103072039I), Nov 3, 1987: Boeing 72731 (N855TW), St Louis, MO. The right airconditioning pack tripped off during climb. Right pack unable to hold pressure. Aircraft returned.
- [Incident 19860131003529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860131003529I), Jan 31, 1986: Boeing 72731 (N855TW), St Louis, MO. Nose gear unsafe indication and hydraulic fluid loss. Safe landing, gear pinned.
- [Incident 19840602031729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840602031729I), Jun 2, 1984: Boeing 72731 (N855TW), Flushing, NY, Minor damage. Airstairs doors opened on climbout. Aft airstar warning light inoperative. Over center bungee uplatch inoperative.
- [Incident 19800816066949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800816066949I), Aug 16, 1980: Boeing 72731 (N855TW), Kansas City, MO. After takeoff, gear lever would not come up past the off position. A torque link pin found disconnected.
- [Incident 19800102010239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800102010239I), Jan 2, 1980: Boeing 72731 (N855TW), Pittsburgh, PA. Engine shut down due to illumination of oil pressure light.

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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