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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Washington, DC · June 2, 1988

Date
June 2, 1988 · 17:45 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Washington National
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Collision
Midair collision, second aircraft
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N877UM
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
107
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.

Pilot misjudged distance and struck the wing tip of another plane waiting for takeoff. Minor damage to both planes.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND STRUCK THE WING TIP OF ANOTHER PLANE WAITING FOR TAKEOFF. MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH PLANES.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.