# Incident 19960609019479I: Doug DC931, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, June 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1996, 07:51 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- 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: N979Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N979Z-2005-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 302206A, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 77
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960609019479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT STARTED TAXI WHEN LEFT WINGTIP WAS HIT BY OGDEN MAIL TRUCK. DAMAGE MINOR. BEING REPAIRED BY TWA MAINTENANCE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N979Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800830081969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800830081969I), Aug 30, 1980: Doug DC931 (N979Z), St. Louis, MO, Minor damage. While the aircraft was parked at the gate, it was struck in the wing tip by an airport shuttle bus.

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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