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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug MD88 · Richmond, VA · August 6, 1991

Date: August 6, 1991 · 07:03 local
Place: Richmond, VA
Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N70404
Reported as: Doug MD88
People aboard: 35
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,800 total3,400 in this make and model184 in the last 90 days

N70404Registration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)S/N 49315 · Built 1986 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.

Wingtip struck a backhoe working on ditch while taxiing for takeoff. Returned to gate.

As the FAA filed it

WINGTIP STRUCK A BACKHOE WORKING ON DITCH WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO GATE.