# Incident 19880515069639I: Boeing 72723, Houston, TX, May 15, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1988, 23:55 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1984, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1984-2017-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-23 (registry code 1384004, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72723
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880515069639I

## Narrative

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

PRIOR TO GUIDEMANS SIGNAL TO STOP, LEFT WING STRUCK A PARKED FUEL TRUCK WHILE PARKING THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N1984 (3)

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

- [Incident 19890327024369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890327024369I), Mar 27, 1989: Boeing 72723 (N1984), Syracuse, NY. No safe gear down light but appeared safe. Landed without incident. Down lock switch was defective.
- [Incident 19850527026319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850527026319I), May 27, 1985: Boeing 72723 (N1984), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Nose gear would not extend and lost a system hydraulics. Landed with nose gear retracted. Steering filter cap broke
- [Incident 19850412019499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850412019499I), Apr 12, 1985: Boeing 727200 (N1984), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed at gate after ground personnel removed pin. Mechanics working on gear limit switch in cockpit.

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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