# Incident 19871022071539I: Cvac STCAPJC, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, October 22, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1987, 15:30 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MIRA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73145, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73145-1992-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340-31 (registry code 2422804, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STCAPJC
- People aboard: 41
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 217 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871022071539I

## Narrative

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

THE WINGTIP HIT THE WINGTIP OF N117 WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING. MARSHALLERS GAVE CONFLICTING SIGNALS TO PILOT.

## Other reports on N73145 (2)

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

- [Incident 19860218008649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860218008649I), Feb 18, 1986: Cvac 34031 (N73145), Dallas Fort Wor, TX, Minor damage. While taxiing off pad right wingtip struck left wingtip of parked N73136. Not signaled to stop until collision.
- [Incident 19800419039909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800419039909I), Apr 19, 1980: Cvac STCAPJC (N73145), Scottsbluff, NE. Engine shut down due to alternator mechanical fail light.

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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