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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC982 · Syracuse, NY · April 24, 1991

Date: April 24, 1991 · 10:30 local
Place: Syracuse, NY
Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AALA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N491AA
Reported as: Doug DC982
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,000 total3,000 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N491AARegistration cancelled Mar 2, 2019 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)S/N 49684 · Built 1989 Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D seriesTurbo-jet

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.

A tow tractor struck aircraft which was parked at the gate.

As the FAA filed it

A TOW TRACTOR STRUCK AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS PARKED AT THE GATE.

Other reports on N491AA · 1

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

Accident 19910727063181AGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Dallas-Ft Worth, TXTaxiing for takeoff wing tip struck tail of standing N405AE. Pilots reported busy in cockpit. Did not see N405AE.Jul 27, 1991 · Minor damage