# Incident 19870310021219I: Boeing 727225, New York, NY, March 10, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1987, 19:14 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 40.6490° N, 73.7905° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6490&lon=-73.7905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802EA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 127
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87IA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87IA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870310021219I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AS AIRCRAFT WAS TAXING TO THE GATE AFTER LANDING, A TRACTOR TRAILER STRUCK THE RIGHT WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC87IA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87IA106), Mar 11, 1987: Boeing 727-225A (N802EA), Jamaica, NY, incident, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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