# Incident 19870914068799I: Boeing 747SP09, Los Angeles, CA, September 14, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1987, 16:00 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: SAJF
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4522V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4522V-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747SP-09 (registry code 1384903, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747sp-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A (registry code 52050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747SP09
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870914068799I

## Narrative

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

THE ENGINE COWL OF THE AIRCRAFT HIT A VEHICLE WHICH WAS DISABLED NEAR TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N4522V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850219077569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850219077569A), Feb 19, 1985: Boeing 747SP09 (N4522V), San Francisco, CA, Substantial damage. The pilot temporarily lost control of the aircraft due to inattention. Flight engineer failed to isolate problem.

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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