19831203069389I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 72723 · December 3, 1983

Date
December 3, 1983 · 19:16 local
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1981
Reported as
Boeing 72723
People aboard
44
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total1,500 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.

Wing tip hit a jetway control cab while being parked. Had two guidemen. Nose wheel slid forward while turning.

As the FAA filed it

WING TIP HIT A JETWAY CONTROL CAB WHILE BEING PARKED. HAD TWO GUIDEMEN. NOSE WHEEL SLID FORWARD WHILE TURNING.