19870131009749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 72735 · Boston, MA · January 31, 1987

Date
January 31, 1987 · 03:19 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FTLA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N937FT
Reported as
Boeing 72735
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total120 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.

The aircraft wing tip was struck by a snow plow. The driver was unable to see due to blowing snow.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WING TIP WAS STRUCK BY A SNOW PLOW. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO SEE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.