40.5936° N, 75.4784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 28, 1985 · 21:40 local
Place
Allentown, PA
Airport
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
HNAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N904HA
Reported as
Dhav DHC7102
People aboard
31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,113 total2,874 in this make and model209 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.
While taxiing into gate under the direction of ground personnel wingtip scraped side of building.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE TAXIING INTO GATE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GROUND PERSONNEL WINGTIP SCRAPED SIDE OF BUILDING.