# Incident 19850228011659I: Dhav DHC7102, Allentown, PA, February 28, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1985, 21:40 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HNAA
- Location: 40.5936° N, 75.4784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5936&lon=-75.4784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N904HA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC7102
- People aboard: 31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,113 total, 2,874 in this make and model, 209 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850228011659I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING INTO GATE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GROUND PERSONNEL WINGTIP SCRAPED SIDE OF BUILDING.

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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