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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-251 · Detroit, MI · July 28, 1988

Date
July 28, 1988 · 17:00 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Detroit Metro Wayne County
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N256US
Reported as
Boeing 727251
People aboard
146
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 struck a parked 272 N284US on push back from gate. Marshaler did not see tail walker signal to stop.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PARKED 272 N284US ON PUSH BACK FROM GATE. MARSHALER DID NOT SEE TAIL WALKER SIGNAL TO STOP.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.