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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC932 · Houston, TX · August 2, 1987

Date
August 2, 1987 · 15:02 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
William P Hobby
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N537TX
Reported as
Doug DC932
People aboard
78
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.

The aircraft struck a truck during taxi. The pilot was distracted by an engine problem and failed to stop.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TRUCK DURING TAXI. THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY AN ENGINE PROBLEM AND FAILED TO STOP.