19881027067129I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC-8-62 · Indianapolis, IN · October 27, 1988

Date
October 27, 1988 · 11:35 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
RAXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N995CF
Reported as
Doug DC862
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total8,000 in this make and model250 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.

Aircraft hit light pole while being directed by ground personnel to gate. No guide line for large aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT LIGHT POLE WHILE BEING DIRECTED BY GROUND PERSONNEL TO GATE. NO GUIDE LINE FOR LARGE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N995CF · 2

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