# Incident 19880519015089I: Boeing 727243, New York, NY, May 19, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1988, 22:00 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N572PE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727243
- People aboard: 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880519015089I

## Narrative

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

MET BY GROUND CREW AND TOWED TO GATE. DURING THE TOW THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT.SURFACE SCRATCHES.

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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