# Incident 19840201009919I: Cvac 340CVAC, Cleveland, OH, February 1, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1984, 18:00 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Hopkins
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CRAA
- Location: 41.4995° N, 81.6954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cleveland, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4995&lon=-81.6954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5837, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5837-1984-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340 (registry code 242270A, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 340CVAC
- People aboard: 36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 2,705 in this make and model, 227 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840201009919I

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A JETWAY WHILE TAXING TO GATE. PILOT WAS FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS OF A FDM LINEMAN.

## Other reports on N5837 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820820048199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820820048199I), Aug 20, 1982: Cvac STCAPJC (N5837), Allentown, PA. Fire warning light came on. Fire bottle was activated. Found fire detector sensor faulty. Passengers evacuated.

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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