# Incident 19831005060869I: Boeing 727, Harlingen, TX, October 5, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1983, 15:15 local time
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Airport: Industrial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 26.1906° N, 97.6961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harlingen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1906&lon=-97.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N974 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 118
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831005060869I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFTS JET BLAST DAMAGED PARKED AIRCRAFT. MISUNDERSTOOD TAXI INSTRUCTIONS.

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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