# Incident 19950126005799I: Boeing 747*, Atlanta, GA, January 26, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1995, 17:15 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: GADXH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950126005799I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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