19890518012269I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing KC-97G · Unalakleet, AK · May 18, 1989

Date
May 18, 1989 · 16:30 local
Place
Unalakleet, AK
Airport
Unalakleet
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4580Q
Reported as
Boeing KC97G
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.

While off loading fuel into tanker truck, the truck caught fire and was destroyed. Left wing damaged. Driver hurt.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE OFF LOADING FUEL INTO TANKER TRUCK, THE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. LEFT WING DAMAGED. DRIVER HURT.