32.7254° N, 97.3208° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 12, 1985 · 18:00 local
Place
Ft Worth, TX
Airport
Meacham
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N83SW
Reported as
Boeing 7372H4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total6,000 in this make and model250 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 turning into parking area, jet blast caused tied down aircraft to strike each other causing minor damage.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE TURNING INTO PARKING AREA, JET BLAST CAUSED TIED DOWN AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE EACH OTHER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.