# Incident 19960305006879I: Boeing 747131, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, March 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1996, 08:00 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TWRA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N608FF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N608FF-2012-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-131 (registry code 1384881, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-131) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A (registry code 52050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747131
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960305006879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MC-9 TOWER AIR B-747, WAS ON A FERRY POSITIONING FLIGHT TO DFW AIRPORT, TX. UPON REACHING TERMINAL 2W AT DFW AIRPORT, MC-9 WAS CLEARED TO GATE 18. THE RAMP ON TERMINAL 2W IS UNCONTROLLED. APPROACHING GATE 18, MC-9 ACQUIRED A LEAD GUIDEMAN AND TWO WING WALKERS. TOWER AIR HAS A CONTRACT WI TH AMR SERVICES FOR GROUND HANDLING| MC-9 RECEIVED HAND SIGNALS TO TAXI TO FINAL POSITION ON GATE 18. THE CHECK AIRMAN (PIC) IN THE RIGHT SEAT OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN MC-9 AND A TWAA017A DC-9 (N993Z) PARKED ON GATE 17 (RIGHT OF GATE 18) TO CONTINUE. HE APPLIED THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES AND STOPPED THE B-747. THE B-747'S RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE TWAA DC-9'S RUDDER. THE TWRA B-747 HAD SEVERAL CRACKED PANELS ON THE RIGHT OUTER WING. THE TWAA DC-9 HAD A SIX INCH BY SIX INCH GASH IN THE RUDDER ABOVE THE TRIM TAB. THE TWAA DC-9 WAS HOOKED UP TO A TUG FOR RELOCATION TO ANOTHER GATE AND OCCUPIED ONLY BY A MAINTENANCE PERSON TO RIDE/GUARD THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED. 1. THAT THE RIGHT WING WALKER WAS IMPROPERLY POSITIONED AND WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE CLEARANCE PROBLEM AND CONTINUED THE CLEAR VISUAL SIGNAL. 2. THERE IS NOT PROPER CLEARANCE TO PARK A B-747 ON GATE 18 WITH ANY AIRCRAFT PARKED ON GATE 17. 3. THERE ARE NO PUBLISHED NOTICES IN REGARDS TO 2. ABOVE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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