44.9800° N, 93.2638° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 19, 1986 · 13:28 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N257US
Reported as
Boeing 727251
People aboard
119
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,907 total4,672 in this make and model110 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.
Executed a sharp turn after pushback and struck tail of aircraft parked at another gate. Undetermined blame.
As the FAA filed it
EXECUTED A SHARP TURN AFTER PUSHBACK AND STRUCK TAIL OF AIRCRAFT PARKED AT ANOTHER GATE. UNDETERMINED BLAME.