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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 7372B7 · Charlotte, NC · June 2, 1991

Date
June 2, 1991 · 16:00 local
Place
Charlotte, NC
Airport
Charlotte-Douglas International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N275AU
Reported as
Boeing 7372B7
People aboard
2
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.

Departed gate and followed signals of mechanic. Wing tip hit jetway. Jetway was not parked correctly.

As the FAA filed it

DEPARTED GATE AND FOLLOWED SIGNALS OF MECHANIC. WING TIP HIT JETWAY. JETWAY WAS NOT PARKED CORRECTLY.