19871216078709I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-227 · San Juan, Puerto Rico · December 16, 1987

Date
December 16, 1987 · 14:00 local
Place
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Airport
Luis Munoz Marin International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N725AA
Reported as
Boeing 727227
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D1
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.

Aircraft was rammed by the jet bridge as it was being positioned at the forward door.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS RAMMED BY THE JET BRIDGE AS IT WAS BEING POSITIONED AT THE FORWARD DOOR.