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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727251 · Syracuse, NY · January 12, 1990

Date
January 12, 1990 · 20:53 local
Place
Syracuse, NY
Airport
Syracuse Hancock International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N276US
Reported as
Boeing 727251
People aboard
54
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 slid forward on very icy ramp while departing gate. Left wing tip hit jetway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT SLID FORWARD ON VERY ICY RAMP WHILE DEPARTING GATE. LEFT WING TIP HIT JETWAY.