19881006065719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 7373G7 · Santa Ana, CA · October 6, 1988

Date
October 6, 1988 · 10:45 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AWXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N159AW
Reported as
Boeing 7373G7
Reported engine
GE CFM56*
People aboard
46
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,500 total2,400 in this make and model235 in the last 90 days

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.

While taxiing into parking spot the left wing struck and knocked over portable stairs. Minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING INTO PARKING SPOT THE LEFT WING STRUCK AND KNOCKED OVER PORTABLE STAIRS. MINOR DAMAGE.