19851030068779I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 7272S7 · Phoenix, AZ · October 30, 1985

Date
October 30, 1985 · 11:57 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
REPA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N715RC
Reported as
Boeing 7272S7
People aboard
138
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,620 total400 in this make and model173 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 maneuvering into gate left stabilizer tip struck parked aircraft. Minor damage to right elevator.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE MANEUVERING INTO GATE LEFT STABILIZER TIP STRUCK PARKED AIRCRAFT. MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT ELEVATOR.