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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747* · New York, NY · April 4, 1987

Date
April 4, 1987 · 16:05 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
John F Kennedy International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
DLAF
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
DABYQ
Reported as
Boeing 747*
People aboard
328
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.

Left wing struck the jetway during taxi into the gate. Incorrectly positioned jetway.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT WING STRUCK THE JETWAY DURING TAXI INTO THE GATE. INCORRECTLY POSITIONED JETWAY.