33.7490° N, 84.3880° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 24, 1989 · 19:04 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
The William B Hartsfield Atla
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8879Z
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
132
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.
The aircraft struck a parked sky chef vehicle while taxiing.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PARKED SKY CHEF VEHICLE WHILE TAXIING.