19950126005799I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747* · Atlanta, GA · January 26, 1995

Date: January 26, 1995 · 17:15 local
Place: Atlanta, GA
Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator: DALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: GADXH
Reported as: Boeing 747*
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.

Narrative: a delta air lines ramp van (driver-William simitses), backed into number #4 engine of BA-747. Aircraft damage (aft vertical x 1 ft horizontal hole punched in cowling of #4 engine) van damage (right rear corner of van roof, 1 ft long dent). Shallow dent. Faxed info to ifo/new york (asi-clay hewitt). No further action taken by this office.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: A DELTA AIR LINES RAMP VAN (DRIVER-WILLIAM SIMITSES), BACKED INTO NUMBER #4 ENGINE OF BA-747. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE (AFT VERTICAL X 1 FT HORIZONTAL HOLE PUNCHED IN COWLING OF #4 ENGINE) VAN DAMAGE (RIGHT REAR CORNER OF VAN ROOF, 1 FT LONG DENT). SHALLOW DENT. FAXED INFO TO IFO/NEW YORK (ASI-CLAY HEWITT). NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN BY THIS OFFICE.