61.2181° N, 149.9003° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 5, 1987 · 23:02 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Anchorage International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
ASAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N309AS
Reported as
Boeing 727212
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
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 aircraft was being towed, the horizontal stabilizer struck the vertical stabilizer of a parked aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TOWED, THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK THE VERTICAL STABILIZER OF A PARKED AIRCRAFT.