40.6399° N, 73.7787° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 13, 1987 · 21:42 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
AINF
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
VTEBN
Reported as
Boeing 747200B
People aboard
3
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.
During taxi, the wingtip struck the rudder of nina a NASA G159 which was holding position. Both returned to gates.
As the FAA filed it
DURING TAXI, THE WINGTIP STRUCK THE RUDDER OF NINA A NASA G159 WHICH WAS HOLDING POSITION. BOTH RETURNED TO GATES.