19840111010879I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747* · San Francisco, CA · January 11, 1984

Date
January 11, 1984 · 16:45 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N4729U
Reported as
Boeing 747*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,124 total2,296 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.

A parked helicopter and a twin otter was damaged by the thrust of the 747 as the pilot was turning into the gate.

As the FAA filed it

A PARKED HELICOPTER AND A TWIN OTTER WAS DAMAGED BY THE THRUST OF THE 747 AS THE PILOT WAS TURNING INTO THE GATE.

Other reports on N4729U · 7

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