19871226074841A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Boeing 727-200 · San Juan, Puerto Rico · December 26, 1987

Date
December 26, 1987 · 11:35 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
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N705AA
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA88LA075
Reported as
Boeing 727200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D1
People aboard
112
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total

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

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Struck the wing of N893AA while trying to pass on a taxiway to position for takeoff. Both were Boeing 727S.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK THE WING OF N893AA WHILE TRYING TO PASS ON A TAXIWAY TO POSITION FOR TAKEOFF. BOTH WERE BOEING 727S.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

Other reports on N705AA · 5

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